Popular Movements and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico: The Agraristas and Cristeros of Michoacan

Author/Contributor(s):	Purnell, Jennie
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	06/01/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This radical reconsideration of revolutionary Mexico examines why some peasants sided with the Church while others aligned themselves with the state in the Cristero rebellion, thereby demonstrating the importance of local history in determining peasant r