The Mexican Revolution: Counter-revolution and reconstructionVolume 2 of The Mexican Revolution begins with the army counter-revolution of 1913, which ended Francisco Madero's liberal experiment and installed Victoriano Huerta's military rule. After the overthrow of the brutal Huerta, Venustiano Carranza came to the forefront, but his provisional government was opposed by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, who come powefully to life in Alan Knight's book. Knight offers a fresh interpretation of the great schism of 1914-15, which divided the revolution in its moment of victory, and which led to the final bout of civil war between the forces of Villa and Carranza. By the end of this brilliant study of a popular uprising that deteriorated into political self-seeking and vengeance, nearly all the leading players have been assassinated. In the closing pages, Alan Knight ponders the essential question: what had the revolution changed? His two-volume history, at once dramatic and scrupulously documented, goes against the grain of traditional assessments of the "last great revolution." |
Contents
THE HUERTA REGIME I | 1 |
I THE GREAT SCHISM | 172 |
2 RECONSTRUCTION | 329 |
2 Zapatistas and others | 360 |
3 Felicismo | 375 |
4 Banditry and crime | 392 |
Economy and society | 406 |
Labour | 424 |
in motion | 469 |
The ghost in the machine | 494 |
What changed? | 517 |
652 | |
Common terms and phrases
Actuación agrarian reform Aguascalientes Aguilar Alvarado American anti-clericalism army Arrietas banditry bandits Barragán Border report cabecillas campaigns Carrancista Carranza caudillos Cedillos Chihuahua civilian Coahuila commander Constitutionalist Cowdray Cumberland DDCC Demócrata DHRM Durango economic Fabela Federal Felicista Félix Díaz forces foreign Garciadiego Gavira Gómez González governor Guerrero Gutiérrez Guzmán hacienda Historia Hohler Huerta Huertista Ibid Juárez July June labour Laguna landlords leaders Maderista Madero Maytorena Mazatlán Memorias Mexican Herald Mexican Revolution Mexico City Meyer Michoacán military Monterrey Morelos movement Múgica Nogales northern numbers Oaxaca Obregón Ocho mil kilómetros official organised Pancho Villa Paso Piedras Negras political políticos popular Porfirian Puebla Querétaro radical rebellion rebels recruits regime revolutionary rural Saltillo San Luis Sept Sinaloa Soberana convención social Sonora Tampico Taracena Torreón troops Veracruz Verdadera revolución Villa Villismo Villista Wilson Womack Yaquis Yucatán Zacatecas Zapata Zapatismo Zapatistas