Mexican Exodus: Emigrants, Exiles, and Refugees of the Cristero War by Julia G.

Description: Mexican Exodus by Julia G. Young The book investigates the formation of the Cristero diaspora, a network of Mexican emigrants, exiles, and refugees across the United States who supported a Mexican Catholic uprising during the late 1920s. These emigrants had a profound and enduring impact on Mexican American community formation, political affiliations, and religious devotion. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the summer of 1926, an army of Mexican Catholics launched a war against their government. Bearing aloft the banners of Christ the King and the Virgin of Guadalupe, they equipped themselves not only with guns, but also with scapulars, rosaries, prayers, and religious visions. These soldiers were called cristeros, and the war they fought, which would continue until the mid-1930s, is known as la Cristiada, or the Cristero war. The most intense fightingoccurred in Mexicos west-central states, especially Jalisco, Guanajuato, and Michoacán. For this reason, scholars have generally regarded the war as a regional event, albeit one with national implications. Yet infact, the Cristero war crossed the border into the United States, along with thousands of Mexican emigrants, exiles, and refugees.In Mexican Exodus, Julia Young reframes the Cristero war as a transnational conflict, using previously unexamined archival materials from both Mexico and the United States to investigate the intersections between Mexicos Cristero War and Mexican migration to the United States during the late 1920s. She traces the formation, actions,and ideologies of the Cristero diaspora--a network of Mexicans across the United States who supported the Catholic uprising from beyond the border. These Cristero supporters participated in the conflict in avariety of ways: they took part in religious ceremonies and spectacles, organized political demonstrations and marches, formed associations and organizations, and collaborated with religious and political leaders on both sides of the border. Some of them even launched militant efforts that included arms smuggling, military recruitment, espionage, and armed border revolts. Ultimately, the Cristero diaspora aimed to overturn Mexicos anticlerical government and reform the Mexican Constitution of1917. Although the group was unable to achieve its political goals, Young argues that these emigrants--and the war itself--would have a profound and enduring resonance for Mexican emigrants, impactingcommunity formation, political affiliations, and religious devotion throughout subsequent decades and up to the present day. Author Biography Julia G. Young is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at The Catholic University of America. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Desert Uprising1) A History of Faith and Conflic2) Religious Refugees, Political Exiles, and the U.S. Catholic Church3) "In Defense of Their Brothers Beyond the Río Grande"4) Bishops, Knights, Border Guards, and Spies5) After the Arreglos6) Memories, Myths, and MartyrsEpilogue: Cristeros ResurgentNotesBibliographyIndex Review "Youngs wide variety of sources such as personal correspondence, the emigrant press, and oral interviews with exile families creates the underpinnings of this far-ranging, yet concise treatment...[T]his study provides a valuable contribution for academic and general readers who wish to understand the Cristero War better."--American Catholic Studies"[A] thoroughly researched, eminently readable examination of the transnational nature of the Cristero Rebellion (1926-1929)...Young has produced a work that is at times thrilling and sentimental This painstakingly researched book, appropriate for undergraduate surveys and more advanced seminars, makes a clear contribution to the literature and deserves a wide readership."--American Historical Review"Scholars frequently note that a hemispheric approach is necessary to grasp the full significance of diasporic events. Now we have such a study for Mexicos Cristero Rebellion. Mexican Exodus interweaves intriguing anecdotes with superb analysis to examine the lives of Cristeros who crossed over to the United States, the fellow migrants who resisted their cause, and government and church officials on both sides of the border who intervened." --TimothyMatovina, author of Latino Catholicism: Transformation in Americas Largest Church"Mexican Exodus provides a welcome transnational history of Mexicos Cristero Rebellion. On one hand, it reveals how Mexican Catholic exiles in the U.S. worked to influence the religious situation back home as propagandists, smugglers, and Borderlands fighters. On the other, it makes a suggestive argument concerning the importance of cristero activism to Mexican-American identity formation. The diasporic focus is original and fresh: Young trackspatterns of cristero militancy along migrant routes and through multiple Borderlands encounters, showing how a nationalistic crusade was, paradoxically, key to imagining a greater Mexico." --Matthew Butler, authorof Popular Piety and Political Identity in Mexicos Cristero Rebellion: Michoacán, 1927-1929"This fascinating story of a Catholic diaspora in the U.S. impresses us with the sophistication of its transnational frame and with the acuity of its insights into both Mexican politics and the development of Mexican American communities, even as it delights and moves us with its personal stories and colorful vignettes." --Margaret Chowning, Professor of history, University of California, Berkeley Promotional Traces the formation, actions, and ideologies of the Cristero diaspora, a network of tens of thousands of Mexican emigrants, exiles, and refugees across the United States who supported the Catholic uprising from beyond the border Prizes Winner of Honorable Mention for the Maria Elena Martinez Prize in Mexican History 2017 Foik Award for Best Book on the Catholic Southwest from the Texas Catholic Historical Society. Long Description In the summer of 1926, an army of Mexican Catholics launched a war against their government. Bearing aloft the banners of Christ the King and the Virgin of Guadalupe, they equipped themselves not only with guns, but also with scapulars, rosaries, prayers, and religious visions. These soldiers were called cristeros, and the war they fought, which would continue until the mid-1930s, is known as la Cristiada, or the Cristero war. The most intense fightingoccurred in Mexicos west-central states, especially Jalisco, Guanajuato, and Michoac Review Text "Youngs wide variety of sources such as personal correspondence, the emigrant press, and oral interviews with exile families creates the underpinnings of this far-ranging, yet concise treatment...[T]his study provides a valuable contribution for academic and general readers who wish to understand the Cristero War better."--American Catholic Studies"[A] thoroughly researched, eminently readable examination of the transnational nature of the Cristero Rebellion (1926-1929)...Young has produced a work that is at times thrilling and sentimental This painstakingly researched book, appropriate for undergraduate surveys and more advanced seminars, makes a clear contribution to the literature and deserves a wide readership."--American Historical Review"Scholars frequently note that a hemispheric approach is necessary to grasp the full significance of diasporic events. Now we have such a study for Mexicos Cristero Rebellion. Mexican Exodus interweaves intriguing anecdotes with superb analysis to examine the lives of Cristeros who crossed over to the United States, the fellow migrants who resisted their cause, and government and church officials on both sides of the border who intervened." --TimothyMatovina, author of Latino Catholicism: Transformation in Americas Largest Church"Mexican Exodus provides a welcome transnational history of Mexicos Cristero Rebellion. On one hand, it reveals how Mexican Catholic exiles in the U.S. worked to influence the religious situation back home as propagandists, smugglers, and Borderlands fighters. On the other, it makes a suggestive argument concerning the importance of cristero activism to Mexican-American identity formation. The diasporic focus is original and fresh: Young trackspatterns of cristero militancy along migrant routes and through multiple Borderlands encounters, showing how a nationalistic crusade was, paradoxically, key to imagining a greater Mexico." --Matthew Butler, authorof Popular Piety and Political Identity in Mexicos Cristero Rebellion: Michoac Review Quote "Youngs wide variety of sources such as personal correspondence, the emigrant press, and oral interviews with exile families creates the underpinnings of this far-ranging, yet concise treatment...[T]his study provides a valuable contribution for academic and general readers who wish to understand the Cristero War better."--American Catholic Studies "[A] thoroughly researched, eminently readable examination of the transnational nature of the Cristero Rebellion (1926-1929)...Young has produced a work that is at times thrilling and sentimental This painstakingly researched book, appropriate for undergraduate surveys and more advanced seminars, makes a clear contribution to the literature and deserves a wide readership."--American Historical Review "Scholars frequently note that a hemispheric approach is necessary to grasp the full significance of diasporic events. Now we have such a study for Mexicos Cristero Rebellion. Mexican Exodus interweaves intriguing anecdotes with superb analysis to examine the lives of Cristeros who crossed over to the United States, the fellow migrants who resisted their cause, and government and church officials on both sides of the border who intervened." --Timothy Matovina, author of Latino Catholicism: Transformation in Americas Largest Church "Mexican Exodus provides a welcome transnational history of Mexicos Cristero Rebellion. On one hand, it reveals how Mexican Catholic exiles in the U.S. worked to influence the religious situation back home as propagandists, smugglers, and Borderlands fighters. On the other, it makes a suggestive argument concerning the importance of cristero activism to Mexican-American identity formation. The diasporic focus is original and fresh: Young tracks patterns of cristero militancy along migrant routes and through multiple Borderlands encounters, showing how a nationalistic crusade was, paradoxically, key to imagining a greater Mexico." --Matthew Butler, author of Popular Piety and Political Identity in Mexicos Cristero Rebellion: Michoacn, 1927-1929 "This fascinating story of a Catholic diaspora in the U.S. impresses us with the sophistication of its transnational frame and with the acuity of its insights into both Mexican politics and the development of Mexican American communities, even as it delights and moves us with its personal stories and colorful vignettes." --Margaret Chowning, Professor of history, University of California, Berkeley Feature Selling point: Uses previously unstudied archival sources from both the U.S. and MexicoSelling point: Recasts the Cristero War as a transnational conflict that had a deep impact on Mexican emigrant communities across the United StatesSelling point: Argues that Mexican emigrants to the United States were both more religious and more politically divided than the historical scholarship has assumed Details ISBN0190937335 Author Julia G. Young Pages 288 Language English ISBN-10 0190937335 ISBN-13 9780190937331 Format Paperback Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Year 2019 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Subtitle Emigrants, Exiles, and Refugees of the Cristero War Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 972.0823 Position Professor of Geology Short Title Mexican Exodus Publication Date 2019-01-31 UK Release Date 2019-01-31 NZ Release Date 2019-01-31 US Release Date 2019-01-31 Illustrations 16 illus. Edited by John Halperin Birth 1953 Affiliation Professor of Geology, University of Colorado Qualifications Ph.D. Alternative 9780190205003 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2019-01-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131392598;

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