Mexican Revolution: The Constitutionalist YearsThe Mexican Revolution is one of the most important and ambitious sociopolitical experiments in modem times. The Revolution developed in three distinct stages: the overthrow of the Diaz dictatorship, the subsequent era of bloodshed and devastation during which radical ideas were written into the constitution, and the much longer span during which the ideas have been put into practice. The present volume covers the first stage of this development. Idealistic, patriotic hacendado Francisco I. Madero became the catalyst of the Revolution. All peaceful means having failed to secure democratic elections, Madero reluctantly undertook to mold the discontented factions into an effective force for insurrection. But victory brought disunity. Opposition to the Diaz regime, not a positive desire for reform, had held the revolutionaries together. Diaz deposed, Madero could not muster sufficient support to realize more than a fraction of his objectives, and he himself fell victim to counterrevolution. |
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... Convention got down to the serious business of trying to establish a government and institute reforms . But Carranza's posi- tion was not clear , except in one particular : he refused to accept the Convention as sovereign , a point he ...
... Convention does not arrive at a reasonable and satisfactory agreement for bringing peace to the Republic , " 108 Carranza was duty bound to maintain his post . · • • But in the public mind the Convention and Villa seemed to have the ...
... Convention insisted that González Gar- za , who had stepped into the breach when Gutiérrez fled , continue as president of the Convention and exercise the national executive function in that capacity , but not as provisional president ...
Contents
The Armies Roll | 23 |
On the Political Front | 58 |
Huerta and Wilson | 84 |
Copyright | |
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