Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Womack, John Jr.

Zapata and the Mexican revolution. John Womack Jr. - New York Alfred A. Knopf 1968 - 435 p.

Prologue : A people chooses a leader --
President Diaz elects a governor --
The planters progress --
The villagers join Madero --
The army campaigns --
The official revolutionaries perform --
Refugees win a war --
The countrymen disavow the constitutionalists --
The pueblos carry out a revolution --
The guerrilleros survive --
The resistance reforms --
The Zapatistas inherit Morelos --
Epilogue : A people keeps faith --
Appendix A: major plantations in Morelos, 1908-1909 --
Appendix B: the Plan de Ayala --
Appendix C: The Agrarian law --
Bibliographical note --
Index.

A biography of the Mexican patriot who organized and led his rural community in resistance to the central government.

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Zapata, Emiliano 1879-1919

--Mexico--Mexico

--History--1910-1946

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