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Autore |
Meyer Jean A. <1942-> |
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The Cristero Rebellion : the Mexican people between church and state, 1926-1929 / / Jean A. Meyer ; translated by Richard Southern [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1976 |
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1-139-88998-2 |
1-107-26344-1 |
1-107-26979-2 |
1-107-26672-6 |
1-107-30089-4 |
1-107-26423-5 |
1-107-26315-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge Latin American studies ; ; 24 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Church and state - Mexico |
Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929 |
Mexico History 1910-1946 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-252) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pt. I: The conflict between church and state -- Pt. II. The Cristeros -- Pt. III. After the peace. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Cristero movement is an essential part of the Mexican Revolution. When in 1926 relations between Church and state, old enemies and old partners, eventually broke down, when the churches closed and the liturgy was suspended, Rome, Washington and Mexico, without ever losing their heads, embarked upon a long game of chess. These years were crucial, because they saw the setting up of the contemporary political system. The state established its omnipotence, supported by a bureaucratic apparatus and a strong privileged class. Just at the moment when the state thought that it was finally supreme, at the moment at which it decided to take control of the Church, the Cristero movement arose, a spontaneous mass movement, particularly of |
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peasants, unique in its spread, its duration, and its popular character. For obvious reasons, the existing literature has both denied its reality and slandered it. |
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