Una revolución pacífica

Una narrativa histórica de los años de la revolución mexicana en Chihuahua y de los conflictos entre sus protagonistas principales, por un profesor de la UACJ. La historia se relaciona con Julieta Alvarez, participante en la lucha.

"La mayor rebelión militar ocurrida en el periodo posrevolucionario se debió a la división del grupo sonorense ante la sucesión presidencial de 1924. Fue encabezada por Adolfo de la Huerta contra el proyecto de continuidad de Álvaro Obregón."--Page 4 of cover.

"Revisionist view of the traditional interpretation of 1923 revolt as a reaction against Obregón's imposition of Calles. Authors study four different regional revolts between 1923-24, all with different leaders and provoked by different causes: Rómulo Figueroa in Guerrero, Enrique Estrada in Jalisco, Guadalupe Sánchez in Veracruz, and Fortunato Maycotte in Oaxaca. Rebels failed because of a lack of central control or unifying program. Adolfo de la Huerta played only a 'decorative role' in the armed movement against Obregón"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Essays by specialists in several fields that document current Mexican realities and extrapolate what they might portend for country in future. Encompasses wide range of issues and trends, from ethnicity and peasant communities, to church-state relations, unions, environmental concerns, crime, higher education, urban growth, mobility, corruption, democracy and many more. Organized into sections on population, housing and cities; institutions and public policy; and insertion in globalized world.