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



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Titolo: State governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952 : portraits in conflict, courage, and corruption / / edited by Jürgen Buchenau and William H. Beezley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
Disciplina: 320.4720922
Soggetto topico: Governors - Mexico
Mexican states - History - 20th century
Mexican states - Politics and government - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Mexico History 1910-1946 Biography
Mexico History Revolution, 1910-1920 Influence
Mexico History, Local 20th century
Altri autori: BuchenauJürgen <1964->  
BeezleyWilliam H  
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
Titolo autorizzato: State governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-49620-4
9786612496202
0-7425-5771-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815245103321
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