This volume untangles the multiple threads of the Mexican Revolution to present an accessible introduction to its causes, development, and consequences.

Introduction 1. The Liberal Dictator 2. Perils of Progress 3. Reformers vs. Mummies 4. The Reluctant Revolutionary 5. Counter-Revolution 6. Civil War 7. Patriarchal Socialism 8. The Revolution in Practice 9. The Politics of Violence 10. The Revolution Becomes a Party 11. The Revolution Subverted Epilogue: The End of the Revolution

Robert Weis is a history professor at the University of Northern Colorado and author of Bakers and Basques: A Social History of Bread in Mexico and For Christ and Country: Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico.