@dlrwnmu Interesting to note the importance of the timber industry, especially when compared to textiles. Timber was important in the southern states. #Hist466
Corridos served to tell stories of the Zapatistas and Villistas while sponsored propaganda maintained the Carrancista story. The Carranza administration subsidized many Mexican newspapers including El Paso del Norte and El Pueblo (57). #Hist466
Benjamin constructed his work on La Revolucíon using voceros de la Revolución. These voceros make up the collective memory of Mexico's history. #Hist466
@CNMBrandon @dlrwnmu Looking at Benjamin’s sources, he tends to focus a lot on the literate upper class voices. Although he does look at Zapatistas/Villistas, more attention is paid to the former. #Hist466
The impact of the Revolution on Mexican society post-1940 is written about in different terms by Gonzales and Gillingham. Gonzales sees the Revolution as having more of a definitive ending-- Gillingham recognizes the impact as fluid and lasting to the present. #Hist466
Though Guerrero still had massive political/social problems in the 1950s it did have “a bigger economy, better public health, and a more stable, centrally controlled government” (283). #Hist466
Mexico’s balance between democracy and authoritarianism (with adjectives according to Gillingham) in the mid-twentieth century characterize the dictablanda. #Hist466
Electoral rigging in Mexico from the 1940s-1960s required infiltration from the federal down to the local level. Gillingham writes that it took place at “the convocatoria, the primarias, the constitucionales, the junta computadora, and the comisión dictaminadora” (140) #Hist466
Veracruz’s economic success was somewhat dependent on the oil industry. Post-1922 tax payments (although relatively small) “constituted up to 20 percent of Veracruz’s total revenues” (Gillingham 2021, 47).
The term Guerrero bronco refers to the state’s violent political culture in the mid-1900s. Gillingham addresses the state’s turmoil as a mixture of both geographical and political upheaval. #Hist466
Gillingham proposes the term to characterize Mexico’s government from the 1940s to the 1960s stating that it “seems useful for its balance of precision and comparison” (3). #Hist466
@tajmahalo1133@dlrwnmu@Eliazar61826971 I think geopolitics played a large role as well. The Zapatistas in Morelos were united in the cause for agrarian reform. The Villistas, at least on the surface, focused more on land acquisition for individuals fighting with Villa. #Hist466
Gonzales' statement on Villa's land reformation in action exposes the Chihuahuan's individualism: "Villa's focus had been on rewarding his soldiers with land, rather than advocating a general land redistribution" (188). #Hist466
Mexico's 'Monument to the Revolution' commemorates the Revolution as a social one. Some historians that it was "a tribute the institutional government made to itself" (Benjamin 2002, 118). #Hist466