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    - The Chegomista Rebellion and the Limits of Revolutionary Democracy in Juchitan, Oaxaca
    by Colby Ristow
    £20.99

    In October 1911 the governor of Oaxaca, Mexico, ordered a detachment of soldiers to take control of the town of Juchitan from a movement defending the principle of popular sovereignty. Colby Ristow provides the first book-length study of what has come to be known as the Chegomista Rebellion, shedding new light on a conflict previously lost in the shadows of the concurrent Zapatista uprising.

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    - The Pronunciamiento in the Age of Santa Anna, 1821-1858
    by Will Fowler
    £30.49

    Provides a comprehensive overview of the pronunciamiento practice following the Plan of Iguala. This fourth and final instalment in, and culmination of, a larger exploration of the pronunciamiento highlights the extent to which this model of political contestation evolved.

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    - Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952
    by Michael K. Bess
    £20.99

    Michael K. Bess studies the social, economic, and political implications of road building and state formation in Mexico through a comparative analysis of Nuevo Leon and Veracruz from the 1920s to the 1950s. He examines how both foreign and domestic actors, working at local, national, and transnational levels, helped determine how Mexico would build and finance its roadways.

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    - Modesto C. Rolland, Global Progressivism, and the Engineering of Revolutionary Mexico
    by J. Justin Castro
    £22.49

    Examines the life of Modesto C. Rolland, a revolutionary propagandist and a prominent figure in the development of Mexico, to gain a better understanding of the role engineers played in creating revolution-era policies and the reconstruction of the Mexican nation. In the telling of Rolland's story, Castro offers a captivating account of the Mexican Revolution.

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    - Corpses, Chaos, and Public Health in Porfirian Mexico City
    by Jonathan M. Weber
    £20.99

    In 1876 one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time. Jonathan Weber examines how Mexican state officials, including President Porfirio Diaz, tried to resolve the public health dilemmas facing the city.

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    - Pueblos, the Judiciary, and Agrarian Reform in Revolutionary Mexico
    by Helga Baitenmann
    £23.99

    Helga Baitenmann offers an original interpretation of Mexico's revolutionary agrarian reform, an unconstitutional takeover by the executive of the judiciary's authority over contentious land matters, and examines villagers' role in shaping the postrevolutionary state by siding with one branch of government over another.

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    - The Commemoration and Representation of the Nineteenth-Century Mexican Pronunciamiento
     
    £20.99

    The third in a series of books examining the pronunciamiento, this collection addresses the complicated legacy of pronunciamientos and their place in Mexican political culture. The essays explore the sacralization and legitimization of these revolts and of their leaders in the nation's history and consider why these celebrations proved ultimately ineffective.

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