Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico

William H. Beezley

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781496207517
• Edition: 3
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Mexican History
• Index: History

Featuring a new preface by the author, this brilliant and eminently readable cultural history looks at Mexican life during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, from 1876 to 1911. At that time the modernization that Mexico underwent produced a fierce struggle between the traditional and the new, exacerbating class antagonisms in the process. 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, health care, technology, and the traditional Easter?time Judas burnings that became a primary focus of strife during those years. This updated volume provides a teacher's guide, available on the University of Nebraska Press website, offering a manual ofinternet links, additional readings, and practice experiences that can be used in the classroom or by anyone who wants to go beyond the chapters of this book.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Preface to Third Edition
• Preface to Second Edition
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Porfirian Persuasion: Sport and Recreation in Modern Mexico
• Rocks and Rawhide in Rural Society: Tools and Technology in Porfirian Mexico
• Judas at the Jockey Club
• Afterword
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index