La Revolución: Mexico's Great Revolution as Memory, Myth, and History

by Thomas Benjamin

Book Overview

The 1910 Revolution is still tangibly present in Mexico in the festivals that celebrate its victories, on the monuments to its heroes, and, most important, in the stories and memories of the Mexican people. Yet there has never been general agreement on what the revolution meant, what its objectives were, and whether they have been accomplished.

This pathfinding book shows how Mexicans from 1910 through the 1950s interpreted the revolution,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292708823
• ISBN13: 9780292708822
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"