
Mexico's Revolution
Then and Now
James D. Cockcroft(Author)
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Published on 1. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
178 pages
978-1-58367-224-2 (ISBN)
Description
Written to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the first predominantly anti-capitalist revolution in the world, Mexico's Revolution Then and Now is the perfect introductory text and one that will also sharpen the understanding of seasoned observers. Cockcroft provides readers with the historical context within which the revolution occurred; explains how the revolutionary process has played out over the past ten decades; tells us how the ideals of the revolution live on in the minds of Mexico's peasants and workers; and critically examines the contours of modern Mexican society, including its ethnic and gender dimensions. Well-deserved attention is paid to the tensions between the rulers and the ruled inside the country and the connected tensions between the Mexican nation and the neighboring giant to the north. Mexico's Revolution Then and Now also explores the possibility of Mexico's revolutionary history finally bearing the fruit long hoped for by the country's disenfranchised-a prospect kept alive by the unyielding struggle of the last one hundred years. This is the definitive introduction to one of the most important events of the twentieth century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
205 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58367-224-2 (9781583672242)
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James D. Cockcroft is a bilingual award-winning authorof forty books on Latin America, Mexico, Latino/as,culture, migration, and human rights. He is Internet professor for the State University of New York, a poet, three-time Fulbright Scholar, and a veteran activist.