Duke University Press Mexico's Once and Future Revolution: Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century

In this concise historical analysis of the Mexican Revolution, Gilbert M. Joseph and Jürgen Buchenau explore the revolution's causes, dynamics, consequences, and legacies. They do so from varied perspectives, including those of campesinos and workers; politicians, artists, intellectuals, and students; women and men; the well-heeled, the dispossessed, and the multitude in the middle. In the process, they engage major questions about the revolution. How did the revolutionary process and its aftermath modernize the nation's economy and political system and transform the lives of ordinary Mexicans? Rather than conceiving the revolution as either the culminating popular struggle of Mexico's history or the triumph of a new (not so revolutionary) state over the people, Joseph and Buchenau examine the textured process through which state and society shaped each other. The result is a lively history of Mexico's "long twentieth century," from Porfirio Díaz's modernizing dictatorship to the neoliberalism of the present day. Review " Mexico's Once and Future Revolution is a gracefully written, comprehensive synthesis for the classroom and general reader." --Mary Kay Vaughan "Latin American Research Review" (3/28/2018 12:00:00 AM) " Mexico's Once and Future Revolution is a readable, well-organized overview of the 1910 revolution, from its foundations to the presidential election of 2012 and the meaning of the revolution in the present. ... [U]pper-division undergraduate classes on the Mexican Revolution will find the book accessible, graduate students will find it a fitting beginning point for their first-year reading on the topic, and established scholars will find it an organized review that they will want to keep on hand as a quick reference."--Jason Dormady "History: Reviews of New Books" " Mexico's Once and Future Revolution is compact, informative and accessible." --Andrew Grant Wood "The Americas" " Mexico's Once and Future Revolution provides an excellent foundation upon which teachers can organize a course that addresses modem Mexico's seminal event. While the authors appear to target a college audience, high school students in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs will find it accessible and instructive. Since its authors address social and cultural as well as political topics, it will support a wide range of courses and assignments. Its scope, clear narrative, and balance will serve the needs of students well."--Daniel Lewis "The History Teacher" "Essential." --J. M. Rosenthal "Choice" "Gilbert Joseph and Jürgen Buchenau have provided an eloquent and highly readable obituary for this long and complex period in Mexican history, but one that reveals above all how the revolution has been kept on life support only by academics themselves. . . . As Joseph and Buchenau's brilliant and concise overview repeatedly demonstrates, the meaning of the revolution and how it was interpreted changed consistently throughout the 20th century - and arguably still is, if only among historians who continue struggling to interpret this momentous process." --Gavin O'Toole "Latin American Review of Books" "In Mexico's Once and Future Revolution, two of our most eminent interpreters of Mexico's past have given voice to these diverse actors and produced an elegantly crafted synthesis of the republic's modern period as it emerged before, during and after the revolutionary years of 1910-20. ... Researchers and instructors alike will greatly benefit from the insightful and concise quality of Mexico's Once and Future Revolution, a study that no doubt will become a critical touchstone for all students of Mexican history." --Mark Overmyer-Velázquez "Social History" (12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM) "In a field comprised of theoretically rich and focused monographs, Mexico 's Once and Future Revolution stands out as a thoroughly researched, concise, and approachable survey of Mexico's most important modem developm