Judas at the Jockey Club

by Beezley, William H.

• ISBN13: 9780803262171
• ISBN10: 0803262175
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

This brilliant and eminently readable cultural history looks at Mexican life during the dictatorship of Porfirio D'az, from 1876 to 1911. At that time Mexico underwent modernization, which produced a fierce struggle between the traditional and the new and exacerbating class antagonisms. In these pages, the noted historian William H. Beezley illuminates many facets of everyday Mexican life lying at the heart of this conflict and change, including sports, storytelling, healthcare, technology, and the traditional Easter-time Judas burnings that became a primary focus of the strife during those years. This second edition features a new preface by the author as well as updated and expanded text, notes, and bibliography.William H. Beezley is a professor of history at the University of Arizona and is the director of the Oaxaca Summer Institute in Modern Mexican History. He is the author of numerous books, includingEl Gran Pueblo: A History of Greater Mexico(with Colin M. MacLachlan), and the editor (with Michael C. Meyer) ofThe Oxford History of Mexico.

Author Biography

William H. Beezley is a professor of history at the University of Arizona and is the director of the Oaxaca Summer Institute in Modern Mexican History.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. viii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
The Porfirian Persuasion: Sport and Recreation in Modern Mexico	p. 13
Rocks and Rawhide in Rural Society: Tools and Technology in Porfirian Mexico	p. 67
Judas at the Jockey Club	p. 89
Afterword	p. 125
Notes	p. 133
Bibliography	p. 161
Index	p. 175
Illustrations	p. 2
Traditional and modern Mexicans watch an 1890s cockfight
"Railroad Judas, 1882"
"The People's Glory"
"Hallelujah Saturday in Politics"
"Guadalupine Public Rejoicing"
"Why Ride a Bicycle?"
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