MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2014046335
003 DLC
005 20151203082522.0
008 150208s2015 enk b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2014046335
020 $a9781845196943 (hb : alk. paper)
040 $aAzTeS/DLC$beng$cAzTeS$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aF1234$b.G488 2015
082 00 $a972.08/2$223
100 1 $aGinzberg, Eitan,$eauthor.
245 10 $aRevolutionary ideology and political destiny in Mexico, 1928-1934 :$bLázaro Cárdenas and Adalberto Tejeda /$cEitan Ginzberg.
263 $a1504
264 1 $aBrighton ;$aChicago :$bSussex Academic Press,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aLázaro Cárdenas and Adalberto Tejeda, veterans of the Revolution and prominent governors of Michoacán and Veracruz from 1928 to 1932, strived to make Mexico a modern and just state on the basis of the revolutionary Constitution. Three key obstacles confronted them: the conservative approach of the political Center; the political weakness of their own power base; and the great opposing power of the farmers and their supporting elements, especially the Church and the army. This book discusses the different avenues to reform these leaders took and their short- and long-term implications. Cárdenas sought to strengthen his position through the ruling party (PNR), while reinforcing local agrarian forces and opening channels of direct empathetic communication with the Church and the army. Tejeda attempted to strengthen his position in the federative arena, bypassing the political Center via the National Peasant League (LNC - Liga Nacional Campesina), whose establishment he was deeply involved in, making a sweeping radical reform while attacking uncompromisingly all the traditional elements of Veracruzan society. Both political projects had unprecedented success but totally different implications. The Cardenista power base led its author to the next Presidency, during which he implemented a remarkable agrarian project. Tejeda's power base, however, led to the utter annihilation of his political power structure and many of his agrarian achievements, as well as to his failure in the struggle for presidency.$cProvided by the publisher.
651 0 $aMexico$xPolitics and government$y1910-1946.
600 10 $aCárdenas, Lázaro,$d1895-1970$xPolitical activity$zMexico$zMichoacán de Ocampo.
600 10 $aTejeda, Adalberto,$d1883-1960$xPolitical activity$zMexico$zVeracruz-Llave (State)