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Myths of demilitarization in postrevolutionary Mexico, 1920-1960 /

At the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1920, Mexico's large, rebellious army dominated national politics. By the 1940s, Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was led by a civilian president, and claimed to have depoliticised the army and achieved the bloodless pacification of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rath, Thomas G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:At the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1920, Mexico's large, rebellious army dominated national politics. By the 1940s, Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was led by a civilian president, and claimed to have depoliticised the army and achieved the bloodless pacification of the Mexican countryside through land reform, schooling, and indigenismo. However, this book argues, Mexico's celebrated demilitarisation was more protracted, conflict-ridden, and incomplete than most accounts assume.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 244 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1469608359
9781469608358
9781469608365
1469608367