Cambridge Latin American Studies, 24, The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People Between Church and State 1926–1929
written by Jean A. Meyer, 1942-, in Cambridge Latin American Studies, 24 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2008, originally published 1976), 274 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- The Cristero movement is an essential part of the Mexican Revolution. When in 1926 relations between church and state, old enemies and old partners, eventually broke down, when the Churches closed and the liturgy was suspended, Rome, Washington and Mexico, without ever losing their heads, embarked upon a long game of chess. These years were crucial, because they saw the setting up of the contemporary political system. The state established its omnipotence, supported by a bureaucratic apparatus and a strong privileged class. Just at the moment when the state thought that it was finally supreme, at the moment at which it decided to take control of the Church, the Cristero movement arose, a spontaneous mass movement, particularly of peasants, unique in its spread, its duration, and its popular character. For obvious reasons, the existing literature has both denied its reality and slandered it.
- Field of Interest
- Global Issues
- Author
- Jean A. Meyer, 1942-
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 1976 Cambridge University Press
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 1976
- Page Count
- 274
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Cambridge, England
- Series Number
- 24
- Subject
- Global Issues, Social Sciences, Individual and Groups Rights, Violence and Repression, Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920, Rebellions, Christianity, Cristero War, 1926-1929, History, Sociology, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Mexico, Mexicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
- Translator
- Richard Southern, fl. 1976
- Series / Program
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos