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Revolution in the Street
Andrew Grant Wood
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Description for Revolution in the Street
Paperback. Winner of the 1999 Michael C Meyer Manuscript Prize, this book examines the social protests of popular groups in urban Mexico during and after the Mexican Revolution. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 239 pages, tables, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
Winner of the 1999 Michael C. Meyer Manuscript Prize! This new book examines the social protests of popular groups in urban Mexico during and after the Mexican Revolution and also shows how the revolution inspired women to become activists in these movements. Andrew Grant Wood's well-researched narrative focuses specifically on the complex negotiation between elites and popular groups over the issue of public housing in post-revolutionary Veracruz, Mexico. Wood then compares the Veracruz experience with other tenant movements throughout Mexico and Latin America. He analyzes what the popular groups wanted, what they got, how they got it, and how the ... Read more
Winner of the 1999 Michael C. Meyer Manuscript Prize! This new book examines the social protests of popular groups in urban Mexico during and after the Mexican Revolution and also shows how the revolution inspired women to become activists in these movements. Andrew Grant Wood's well-researched narrative focuses specifically on the complex negotiation between elites and popular groups over the issue of public housing in post-revolutionary Veracruz, Mexico. Wood then compares the Veracruz experience with other tenant movements throughout Mexico and Latin America. He analyzes what the popular groups wanted, what they got, how they got it, and how the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Series
Latin American Silhouettes
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780842028806
SKU
V9780842028806
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About Andrew Grant Wood
Andrew Grant Wood is assistant professor of history at the University of Tulsa.
Reviews for Revolution in the Street
Very highly recommended for a wide audience.
CHOICE
The story of the tenement tenants' union and rent strikes in the port of Veracruz in 1922 is one of the most interesting in Revolutionary Mexico, and Andrew Wood tells it wonderfully-the background, the drama of organization, the conflict (first carnivalesque rallies and riots that demonstrated the power of grass-roots ... Read more
CHOICE
The story of the tenement tenants' union and rent strikes in the port of Veracruz in 1922 is one of the most interesting in Revolutionary Mexico, and Andrew Wood tells it wonderfully-the background, the drama of organization, the conflict (first carnivalesque rallies and riots that demonstrated the power of grass-roots ... Read more