The Last Caudillo
| Autor: | Jürgen Buchenau |
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| EAN: | 9781444397178 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 04.02.2011 |
| Untertitel: | Alvaro Obregón and the Mexican Revolution |
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| Schlagworte: | Mexican history Mexican revolution Pauncho Villa Zapata cult of personality machismo |
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The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obregón, along with new insights into the Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America.
Jürgen Buchenau is Professor of History and Latin American Studies at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, where he is Chair of the History Department. He is the author or editor of several books on modern Latin American history, including Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution (2007), Tools of Progress: A German Merchant Family in Mexico City, 1865-Present (2004), and In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy (1996).
- Features a succinct biography of the life and times of a fascinating figure in Mexico's revolutionary past
- Represents the most analytical and up-to-date study of caudillo/military strongman rule
- Sheds new light on the networks and discourse practices that support rulers such as the Castros in Cuba and Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and the emergence of modern Mexico
- Offers new insights into the role of leadership, the nature of revolution, and the complex forces that helped shape modern Mexico
Jürgen Buchenau is Professor of History and Latin American Studies at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, where he is Chair of the History Department. He is the author or editor of several books on modern Latin American history, including Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution (2007), Tools of Progress: A German Merchant Family in Mexico City, 1865-Present (2004), and In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy (1996).
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