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It is widely held that the struggle to overthrow the corrupt regime of Porfirio Diaz fundamentally transformed the structure of Mexican society, bringing social justice for downtrodden peasants and workers. Ramon Eduardo Ruiz refutes the traditional view. Drawing on numerous archival sources, he carefully examines the economic consequences of the Diaz regime and traces the growth of widespread social discontent. He describes the backgrounds and professed aims of the Revolution's colorful leaders Madero, Venustiano Carranza, Pancho Villa, Alvaro Obregon, and Emiliano Zapata and then sets out to discover what, behind the superficial paper changes and the rhetoric, they actually did. He concludes that the so-called Revolution was led by elements of the dissatisfied middle class whose goals were narrow and bourgeois in character. Despite important paper reforms, many of the old political, economic, and social injustices and inequalities survived."

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Great Rebellion
• Subtitle: Mexico, 1905-24
• Author: Ramon Eduardo Ruiz
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544
• EAN: 9780393951295
• ID: 04877343
• Publisher: W W NORTON & CO
• Weight: 597 g
• Dimensions: 250 × 200 × 36 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. April 1983

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