Title: Popular piety and political identity in Mexico's Cristero Rebellion
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Religious life and customs, Religious life, Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929, Peasantry, Political activity, Peasants, Mexico, religion, Mexico, history, 1910-1946
Places: Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico, Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico)