Popular piety and political identity in Mexico's Cristero Rebellion
Subtitle: Michoacán, 1927-29
By: by Matthew Butler.
Contributors: British Academy.
Series: A British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph
Publisher: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929; Peasantry -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo -- Religious life; Peasantry -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo -- Political activity; Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) -- Religious life and customs; Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) -- Politics and government
Description: The author provides a new interpretation of the Cristero War (1926-29) which divided Mexico's peasantry into rival camps loyal to the Catholic Church (cristero) or the Revolution (agrarista). This book puts religion at the heart of our understanding of the revolt.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-245) and index.