Forge of Progress, Crucible of Revolt: Origins of the Mexican Revolution in LA Comarca Lagunera, 1880-1911

By William K. Meyers

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826314708
• ISBN13: 9780826314703
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

One of the best writings about La Laguna

As a native Lagunero (Torreon, Coah) this is one of the best books I've read about the Comarca. It is a must to understand where do we come from.

Study as History demands, an insite to the Laguna.

The Laguna Region has been mis-understood by many; not so a fellow from Australia and this William K. Meyers and some others, including Reed. How strange, that it will take "strangers" to document this part of Old Mexico, and then, so sweet... the Laguna was made by foreign peoples, not only of other States; Zacatecas would probably announce a good part of the population!The Iritilas lost, of iniquilation due to sickness, and no monument to them: But the "river people" are richly disclosed by Meyers and adds a scholarship bibliography to the history of The Laguna.If you have ever wondered how it is that the many peoples that inhabit this Region are so jelous of one another, this book could enlighten you. And, if ever you drank a drop of Lagunero water, not only will you recognize the value of IT in a desert, but she (the Laguna) will demand you to return it!I, a Lagunero, am intriged by the many writtings that this book of Meyers uncovers, and finally come to rest on the "why's" and "porque's".

scholarly but straightforward, insightful, often brilliant

This scholarly discussion of the origins of the Mexican Revolution in the Laguna region of northern Mexico not only makes plain the complex strands of human interaction that ignited the Mexican conflict but goes far to explain how revolutions arise and dissolve generally. Meyers's style is direct and careful. And he really knows and loves Mexico. (By the way, that LA should be La.