For God and revolution : priest, peasant, and agrarian socialism in the Mexican Huasteca /

Saka, Mark Saad, 1962-

For God and revolution : priest, peasant, and agrarian socialism in the Mexican Huasteca / Mark Saad Saka. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

The cultural geography of the Huasteca Potosina -- From pueblo to nation : the Huasteca potosina, 1810-1848 -- Peasant nationalism and agrarian war, 1848-1856 -- War, foreign invasion, and revolution, 1856-1876 -- The liberal assault, 1856-1884 -- The capitalization of the countryside, 1856-1884 -- Toward a Mexican theology of liberation : Padre Mauricio Zavala -- Death to all those who wear pants! : the Huastecan Peasant War, 1879-1884.

"Saka's work discusses the peasants' agrarian revolution in the Huasteca Potosina between 1879 and 1884, and the national and cultural implications it had for Mexico"--



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Agriculture--Economic aspects--Mexico--Huasteca Region.
Peasant uprisings--Mexico--Huasteca Region.
Land tenure--Mexico--Huasteca Region.
Sociology, Rural--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Socialism--Mexico--Huasteca Region.


Electronic Books.

HD1795 / .F674 2013