The story of Mexico : the Mexican Revolution / R. Conrad Stein.
Stein, R. Conrad
The story of Mexico : the Mexican Revolution / R. Conrad Stein. Mexican Revolution - 1st ed - Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub. , c2008. - 160 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm. - San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--Author .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index.
Message from the gods -- The Díaz years -- The gathering storm -- Madero -- The tragic ten days -- Huerta -- War consumes Mexico -- General versus general -- Twilight of the generals -- A new society -- The wake of war.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, Mexico was free of Spain´s colonial rule. But in the place of a foreign power, the country was presided overy by Porfirio Diaz, who for thirty-three years had held near dictatorial power. Diaz was determined to industrialize his country, but was willing to leave the majority of his people poor and uneducated to do so. As it became clear Diaz had no plans to give up his power, revolutionary movements began building momentum throughout Mexico.
9781599350516
2007022136
Mexico----History----Revolution----1910-1920
F1234 / .S85 2008
YA 972 STE
The story of Mexico : the Mexican Revolution / R. Conrad Stein. Mexican Revolution - 1st ed - Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub. , c2008. - 160 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm. - San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--Author .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index.
Message from the gods -- The Díaz years -- The gathering storm -- Madero -- The tragic ten days -- Huerta -- War consumes Mexico -- General versus general -- Twilight of the generals -- A new society -- The wake of war.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, Mexico was free of Spain´s colonial rule. But in the place of a foreign power, the country was presided overy by Porfirio Diaz, who for thirty-three years had held near dictatorial power. Diaz was determined to industrialize his country, but was willing to leave the majority of his people poor and uneducated to do so. As it became clear Diaz had no plans to give up his power, revolutionary movements began building momentum throughout Mexico.
9781599350516
2007022136
Mexico----History----Revolution----1910-1920
F1234 / .S85 2008
YA 972 STE
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