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Article: The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940.(Book Review)
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- The Historian
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- June 22, 2004
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The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940. By Michael J. Gonzales. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 307. $21.95.)
Teachers of Mexican history need a readable survey of the revolutionary period's main events, actors, and themes. The Mexican Revolution is this text. Its readability is due to Michael J. Gonzales's loyalty to a conventional chronology. He starts with a lengthy chapter on the Porfiriato (the regime of Porfirio Diaz, 1876-1910), followed by chapters addressing the progression of revolutionary leaders who navigated the civil wars of the 1910s and rebuilt the nation-state during the 1920s and 1930s. This framework serves the author's ...