xvii, 318 pages : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice

Part I. Meixco in the twentieth century: Agrarian reform -- Women in the revolution -- Popular culture -- The Mexican pet and other stories: folklore and history -- United States-Mexican relations since 1910: a survey; Part II. The Great Rebellion, 1900-1923: The Mexican economy during the revolution, 1910-20 -- Posada and the popular traditions -- Madero and the comet: Corrido -- Decena Tragica: Henry Lane Wilson and William F. Buckley -- I love the revolution the way I love an erupting volcano! -- Lucifer falls again -- A profile of rebels

Part III. Mexico under Calles and Cardenas, 1923-40: The Calles-Cardenas connection -- Agrarian revolt in Naranja -- The Cristeros of San Jose -- White guards -- Strikes and strikers -- The Mexican reaction to the oil expropriation -- Tarahumara herbvs; Part IV. Mexico since Cardenas: Mexico since Cardenas -- The Mexican Revolution and the cartoon -- The most powerful country in the world: a cartoon -- The Church since 1940 -- Social control and the Mexican political system -- Massacre in Mexico -- Mexico's food problem -- Mexican views of the United States

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