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<p><br> In this beautifully written work, Marjorie Becker reconstructs the cultural encounters which led to Mexico's post-revolutionary government. She sets aside the mythology surrounding president Lázaro Cárdenas to reveal his dilemma: until he and his followers understood peasant culture, they could not govern.<br> This dilemma is vividly illustrated in Michoacán. There, peasants were passionately engaged in a Catholic culture focusing on the Virgin Mary. The Cardenistas, inspired by revolutionary ideas of equality and modernity, were oblivious to the peasants' spirituality and determined to transform them. A series of dramatic conflicts forced Cárdenas to develop a government that embodied some of the peasants' complex culture.<br> Becker brilliantly combines concerns with culture and power and a deep historical empathy to bring to life the men and women of her story. She shows how Mexico's government today owes much of its subtlety to the peasants of Michoacán.</p> <p>"Provides convincing revision of the 'myth of secular redemption' surrounding Lâazaro Câardenas and his program of land distribution to the campesinos. Operating on a 'stripped-down imag

Author

Marjorie Becker

Publisher

Berkeley: University of California Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585299457

Subjects

History, Christian, Humanities