Gilbert M. Joseph

Mexico's Once and Future Revolution

Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century

In this concise historical analysis of the Mexican Revolution, Gilbert M. Joseph and Jürgen Buchenau explore the revolution's causes, dynamics, conse...

A Century of Revolution

Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America’s Long Cold War

Latin America experienced an epochal cycle of revolutionary upheavals and insurgencies during the twentieth century, from the Mexican Revolution of 19...

FDR and the Spanish Civil War

Neutrality and Commitment in the Struggle that Divided America

Provides new understanding of Franklin Roosevelt's involvement in the Spanish Civil War, claiming that he was activist and pro-Loyalist....

I Saw a City Invincible

Urban Portraits of Latin America

When the Spaniards settled in Latin America, they immediately surrounded themselves with cities. Equating civilization with urban existence, the early...

Rediscovering The Past at Mexico's Periphery

Essays on the History of Modern Yucatan

Surveys major trends in Yucatán’s currents in Mexican historiography, and suggest new departures for regional and local-level research Increasingly...

Revolution from Without Yucatan, México and the United States

1880-1924

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Summer of Discontent, Seasons of Upheaval

Elite Politics and Rural Insurgency in Yucatán, 1876-1915

This book addresses a central problem often ignored by students of twentieth-century Mexico: the breakdown of the old order during the first years of ...

Communication and Empire

Media, Markets, and Globalization, 1860-1930

A history and political economy of global communication, showing how capitalism, multilateralism, modernization, and imperialism shaped the evolution ...

Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

With this special issue, the Hispanic American Historical Review explores the vital work in gender and sexuality by leading historians of Latin Americ...