Mexican Revolution: The Constitutionalist Years Hardcover - 1972

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 1972 University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1972. Hardcover. First Edition. The Texas Pan American Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small splash mark on the textblock at the fore edge; scant shelfwear to head, tail, and lower tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($10.00); light wear to head, tail, and tips; light bumping to top edge; light suntoning to spine. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine in a black shadowbox. 449 pp 8vo. The years 1913-1920 were the most critical years of the Mexican Revolution. This study of the period, a sequel to the author’s Mexican Revolution: Genesis under Madero, traces Mexico’s course through the anguish of civil war to the establishment of a tenuous new government, the codification of revolutionary aspirations in a remarkable constitution, and the emergence of an activist leadership determined to propel Mexico into the select company of developed nations. The narrative begins with Huerta’s overthrow of Madero in 1913 and the rise of Carranza’s Constitutionalist counterchallenge. It concludes with a summary of Carranza’s stormy term as constitutional president climaxed by his ouster and overthrow in a revolt spearheaded by Alvaro Obregón. Basing his study on a wide range of Mexican and US primary sources as well as pertinent secondary studies, Cumberland brings a mature and sophisticated analysis to his material; the result is a major contribution to the understanding of one of the twentieth century’s most significant revolutionary movements. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.