The Spirit of Hidalgo:
The Mexican Revolution in Coahuila

Suzanne B. Pasztor

About the Book

This book fills a significant gap in the scholarship of the Mexican revolution by providing a detailed history of the northeastern sate of Coahuila from the late Portifirian era to approximately 1920. It evaluates social, political, and economic developments that contributed to revolutionary activity within Coahuila and that helped to shape the movements led by Francisco I. Madero and Venustiano Carranza.

The Spririt of Hidalgo also examines the social bases and characteristics of support for Madero, Carranza, and other revolutionary factions. Pasztor also explores the role played by the extensive Coahuila-Texas border in financing the Mexican revolution. Finally, the immediate outcomes of the revolution are addressed through a study of the reforms introduced during the governorships of Carranza and Gustavo Espinosa Mireles.

"Suzanne Pasztor has written the first serious study in English of the Mexican revolution in the crucial state of Coahuila. Her analysis is incisive and her prose precise. Her work offers a new dimension to our understanding of Venustiano Carranza and the Constitutional movement during the revolution." -- William Beezley, University of Arizona

About the Author

Suzanne B. Pasztor is an Associate Professor of History and International Studies at the University of the Pacific, California. She is a specialist in Mexican History and is editor for the Handbook of Latin American Studies, published by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Spirit of Hidalgo: Nineteenth-Century Coahuila
2. Porfirian Politics and the Growth of Maderismo
3. Regions and Rebellions: The Maderista Revolt of 1910-11
4. Madero, Carranza, and Coahuila: The Dual Administration
5. Mobilizing Discontent
6. Cattle, Contraband, and Customs: Financing the Constitutionalist Movement
7. Villismo in Coahuila
8. Reconstruction and Reform: The Truimph of Constitutionalism

Conclusion
Bibliography

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