State governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952 [[electronic resource] ] : portraits in conflict, courage, and corruption / / edited by Jürgen Buchenau and William H. Beezley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782855403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-49620-4; 9786612496202; 0-7425-5771-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Collana: Latin American silhouettes
• Altri autori (Persone): BuchenauJürgen <1964->; BeezleyWilliam H
• Disciplina: 320.4720922
• Soggetti: Governors - Mexico; Mexican states - History - 20th century; Mexican states - Politics and government - 20th century; Mexico History 1910-1946 Biography; Mexico History Revolution, 1910-1920 Influence; Mexico History, Local 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The role of state governors in the Mexican Revolution / William H. Beezley -- Benito Juárez Maza of Oaxaca : a revolutionary governor? / Francie R. Chassen-López -- Salvador Alvarado of Yucatán : revolutionary reforms, revolutionary women / Stephanie J. Smith -- Plutarco Elías Calles of Sonora : a Mexican Jacobin / Jürgen Buchenau -- Adalberto Tejada of Veracruz : radicalism and reaction / Andrew Grant Wood -- José Guadalupe Zuno Hernández and the revolutionary process in Jalisco / María Teresa Fernández Aceves -- Tomás Garrido Canabal of Tabasco : road building and revolutionary reform / Kristin A. Harper -- Marte R. Gómez of Tamaulipas : governing agrarian revolution / Michael A. Ervin -- Efraín Gutiérrez of Chiapas : the revolutionary bureaucrat / Stephen E. Lewis -- Maximino Avila Camacho of Puebla / Timothy Henderson, David LaFrance -- Baltasar Leyva Mancilla of Guerrero : learning hegemony / Paul Gillingham.
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique volume examines revolutionary Mexico's state governors-the most significant intermediaries between the national government and the people it ruled. Leading scholars study governors from ten different states of Mexico during the eventful first half of the twentieth century to demonstrate the diversity of the governors' experiences over time, as well as the waxing and waning of strong governorship as an institution that disappeared in the powerful national regime created in the 1940's and 1950's. The only book that considers the state governors in comparative perspective, this invaluable