
The Wind That Swept Mexico
The History of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1942
Anita Brenner(Author)
University of Texas Press
Published on 1. January 1971
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-292-79024-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator Porfirio DIaz. The Wind That Swept Mexico, originally published in 1943, was the first book to present a broad account of that revolution in its several different phases. In concise but moving words and in memorable photographs, this classic sweeps the reader along from the false peace and plenty of the DIaz era through the doomed administration of Madero, the chaotic years of Villa and Zapata, Carranza and ObregOn, to the peaceful social revolution of CArdenas and Mexico's entry into World War II.
The photographs were assembled from many sources by George R. Leighton with the assistance of Anita Brenner and others. Many of the prints were cleaned and rephotographed by the distinguished photographer Walker Evans.
The photographs were assembled from many sources by George R. Leighton with the assistance of Anita Brenner and others. Many of the prints were cleaned and rephotographed by the distinguished photographer Walker Evans.
Reviews / Votes
. . . here is the history of the revolution in 184 of the best photographs of the time. The whole disintegration and painful reintegration of a society is marvellously set before the eyes . . . (Times Literary Supplement) . . . a classic and sympathetic statement of the first of the great twentieth century revolutions--its words and pictures command our attention and our respect. (Military History) Only 100 pages of text and 184 historical news photographs, yet this is the Mexican Revolution in its drama, its complexity, its incompleteness! One could not have seen it more closely and fully had one taken part in it . . . - Bertram D. WolfeMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
626 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-292-79024-7 (9780292790247)
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Persons
Anita Brenner, author of Idols behind Altars and a number of children's books, was born in Mexico and lived there for many years. During the Spanish Civil War she wrote dispatches from Spain for the New York Times and the Nation and for many years she edited the magazine Mexico This Month.
Content
I. Winds Sweeping the World
II. Fall of a Dictator
III. Upheaval
IV. Mexico for the Mexicans
V. The Photographic History of the Mexican Revolution
Some Important Dates in Mexican History
Sources
Index
II. Fall of a Dictator
III. Upheaval
IV. Mexico for the Mexicans
V. The Photographic History of the Mexican Revolution
Some Important Dates in Mexican History
Sources
Index