After leaving office he continued to be the dominant leader from 1928 to 1935. As president from 1924 to 1928, calles embarked on an ambitious reform program, modernized the financial system. Plutarco elias calles and the mexican revolution by jurgen. For those a little foggy on their mexican history, plutarco elias calles served as mexicos president from 19241928, and miguel aleman, 19461952. He was president from 1924 to 1928 and then the maximum chief of the revolution from 1928 to 1934. Public documents and addresses of plutarco elias calles. Jurgen buchenau draws on a rich array of archival evidence from mexico, the united states, and europe to explore calless origins and political trajectory. Empirically rich and theoretically wellgrounded, this book addresses a numbe. Plutarco elas calles and the mexican revolution by jurgen.
Jurgen buchenaus book fills a conspicuous gap in the historiography of the mexican revolution. The author presents plutarco elias calles president of mexico 1. The only substantive study of plutarco elias calles and the mexican revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and littleunderstood, yet key figure in mexicos history. Plutarco elias calles, biografia e imagenes del presidente. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Jurgen buchenaus wellcrafted work provides important insights. From 1924 to 1934, plutarco elias calles 18771945 served as a key. The wholesale raping, pillaging, destruction and desecration of churches, murder and torture of priests, closing of catholic schools, takeover of education by antichristian propagandists, and other outrages initiated by the regime of president plutarco elias calles, ultimately drove the longsuffering mexican people to take up arms against the dictatorial oppressor. The 1924 calles presidential campaign was the first populist presidential. He and obregon planned to switch back and forth as president. Mexican revolutionary leader and persecutor of the catholic church.
The concentration policy, clarification needed rather than suppressing the revolt, gave it new life, as thousands of men began to aid and join the rebels in resentment of the treatment of the federation. Calles completed his term in 1928 and his successor, emilio portes gil, was flexible. Plutarco elias calles and the mexican revolution 9780742537484. Pdf plutarco elias calles and the maximato in revolutionary. The author presents plutarco elias calles president of mexico 19241928, as an authoritarian populist who gained public support by appealing to worker and campesino peasant demands that burst to the surface during the revolution. Plutarco elias calles and the mexican revolution latin. The book also discusses calless surprising interest in faith healerfolk saint nino fidencio in the late 1920s, adding an overlooked dimension to. Although the anticlerical laws remained on the books, church bells. After dabbling in various careers, calles found the early years of the revolution 19101920 afforded him the chance to rise to local and ultimately national prominence.
As president from 1924 to 1928, calles embarked on an ambitious reform program, modernized the financial system, and defended national sovereignty against. There is a serious need for biographical studies of the mexican leaders of the. Jan 03, 2008 buchenau also fruitfully explores calless spiritism after his return to mexico during the manuel avila end page 454 camacho presidency. At the time of the seances documented in una ventana al mundo invisible, calles was in retirement, having returned from the exile imposed on him by president cardenas in the 1930s.
Plutarco elias calles 18771945 was a mexican revolutionary leader and president whose constitutional and key economic reforms provided a solid base for mexicos later governmental stability. Plutarco elias calles 19241928 plutarco elias calles. On its face, it was a great read of plutarco calles and the mexican revolution as well. Jurgen buchenau draws on a rich array of archival evidence from mexico, the united states, and europe to explore calless origins and political. Conjecturely produced during the presidential term of plutarco elias calles 19241928, during the cristero war. In 1929 he founded a political party, which became the institutional revolutionary party pri and dominated mexicos political institutions until the end of the 20th century. Calles was one of the participants in the revolution of 1910 17, and in 1914 he became a general. The book contains 207 pages of text along with a substantial bibliography, endnotes and a short index. He was the powerful interior minister under president alvaro obregon, who chose calles as his successor. The author presents plutarco elias calles president of mexico 19241928. Plutarco elias calles 25 september 1877 19 october 1945 was a mexican military general and politician. Plutarco elias calles and the mexican revolution by jurgen buchenau, 9780742537484, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Jurgen buchenaus book fills a conspicuous gap in the historiography of the.
After calles populist phase 1924 1926 he ushered in a state atheism phase 19261928. This paper is dedicated to study the educational policy for the countryside promoted by the government of president plutarco elias calles, 1924 to 1928. Project muse plutarco elias calles and the mexican. Madero, and later of president venustiano carranzas constitutionalist government defending it against francisco villa, among others. From 1918 to 1923 he occupied important ministerial posts. Calles was permitted to return to mexico in 1941 and died there on oct. Francisco plutarco elias campuzano, ne le 25 septembre 1877 a sonora, au mexique, et mort le 19 octobre 1945 a mexico, au mexique, fut president du mexique entre 1924 et 1928. Calles was inaugurated on november 30, 1924, and lost no time plunging mexico into the. When he was four, his father died and his mother married j. The 1924 calles presidential campaign was the first populist presidential campaign in mexicos history, as he called for land redistribution and promised equal justice, more education, additional labour rights, and democratic governance. Calles, plutarco elias 18771945 worldcat identities. However, after he served one term 19241928, and obregon was reelected, obregon was assassinated some believe that it may have been ordered by calles because he couldnt have been reelected yet and calles then installs a puppet regime.
Plutarco calles was born in guaymas, sonora, on sept. Plutarco elias calles was born in the coastal city of guaymas in the state of sonora, mexico in 1877. However, after he served one term 1924 1928, and obregon was reelected, obregon was assassinated some believe that it may have been ordered by calles because he couldnt have been reelected yet and calles then installs a puppet regime. The boy grew up in poverty as plutarco elias and according to fernando torreblanca.
As president from 1924 to 1928, calles embarked on an ambitious reform program, modernized the financial system, and defended national sovereignty against an interventionist u. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Calles, puig casauranc, normales rurales indigenas, vascon celos, revolucion mexicana, centrales agricolas. Plutarco elias calles and the mexican revolution latin american silhouettes 9780742537491. After calles populist phase 19241926 he ushered in a state atheism phase 19261928. Plutarco elias calles article about plutarco elias. Calles was inaugurated on november 30, 1924, and lost no time plunging mexico into the most severe religious crisis of her history.
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