For Christ and country : militant Catholic youth in post-revolutionary Mexico /

For Christ and country : militant Catholic youth in post-revolutionary Mexico /

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Author / Creator:	Weis, Robert, 1971- editor.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xi, 200 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge Latin American studies ; volume 115 Cambridge Latin American studies ; 115.
Subject:	León Toral, José de, -- 1901-1929. Obregón, Álvaro, -- 1880-1928 -- Assassination. León Toral, José de, -- 1901-1929. Obregón, Álvaro, -- 1880-1928. Catholic Church -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century. Catholic Church. Cristero Rebellion (1926-1929) Catholic youth -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century. Church and state -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century. Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929. Assassination. Catholic youth. Church and state. Mexico. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11989522

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Varying Form of Title:	Militant Catholic youth in post-revolutionary Mexico
ISBN:	9781108493024 1108493025 9781108639965
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
Summary:	"José de León Toral hiked up Chiquihuite Hill near the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City in June 1928. He placed a newspaper against a ridge and stepped back fifteen paces. Aiming the revolver borrowed from a friend from prayer circle, he shot six bullets. Not one hit the newspaper. He reloaded, took five steps forward, and shot again: nothing. He got closer still. Five paces from the paper, he emptied the revolver. All shots missed. The young Catholic activist who killed revolutionary caudillo Álvaro Obregón a week later could not have hit the side of a barn. Religious militancy was not new. The Cristero Rebellion had been roiling the countryside since the enforcement of anticlerical laws began two years before. But fighting was far from the urban, middle class world of a church mouse like José. Even those close to him wondered, why did he kill Obregón?"--
Other form:	Ebook version : 9781108639965

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