Waking the dictator

"Koth's book, Waking the Dictator, is a study of federalism in late-nineteenth -century Veracruz State. It is also a politico-military analysis and an evaluation of social-revolutionary relations in the epoch of the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution. Koth interprets the Mexican Revolution across two axes: one is the heightened struggle for federalism, i.e., the conflict between the state of Veracruz and the central government; and the other is the class struggle that was brought into sharp relief by the violent social and military upheaval. Koth illustrates why and how, in 1927, President Plutarco Elias Calles crushed federalism, suppressed the aspirations of working classes, and co-opted a re-emergent Veracruz bourgeoisie. In Koth's view, the initial promises of the Mexican Revolution never were fulfilled. The old rancour born of elite control and the loss of federalism still brews not far beneath the surface of contemporary Mexican politics."--BOOK JACKET.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

University of Calgary Press

Editions

2

ISBN

9781280945571

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