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

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.

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