The power of God against the guns of government
Subtitle: religious upheaval in Mexico at the turn of the nineteenth century
By: Paul J. Vanderwood.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
Subjects: Urrea, Teresa; Church and state -- Mexico -- Tomóchic; Government, Resistance to -- Mexico -- Tomóchic -- History -- 19th century; Tomóchic (Mexico) -- Church history -- 19th century; Tomóchic (Mexico) -- Religion; Tomóchic (Mexico) -- History -- 19th century
Description: "Writing in a narrative style reminiscent of Womack's Zapata and the Mexican Revolution, author explains a series of 1890s uprisings in Tomóchic, in the border state of Chihuahua, against the Porfirians' determination to dictate who would control the land and the future. Pushed forward by the belief in folk saint Teresa Urrea, indigenous people and mestizos led by Cruz Chávez fought government troops to preserve their way of life. Surprisingly, author makes no mention of another such movement in Brazil occurring at the same time, which was immortalized first by Da Cunha and then by Vargas Llosa"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-403) and index.