Setting the Virgin on Fire: Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan Peasants and the Redemption of the Mexican Revolution

Setting the Virgin on Fire: Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan Peasants and the Redemption of the Mexican Revolution

by Marjorie Becker (Author)

Synopsis

This work reconstructs the cultural encounters which led to Mexico's post-revolutionary government. It sets aside the mythology surrounding president Lazaro Cardenas to reveal his dilemma: until he and his followers understood peasant culture, they could not govern.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 194
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09 Jan 1996

ISBN 10: 0520084195
ISBN 13: 9780520084193