Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico

JÜrgen Buchenau is Dowd Term Chair of Capitalism Studies and a professor of history and director of capitalism studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Mexico’s Once and Future Revolution: Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century; The Last Caudillo: Alvaro ObregÓn and the Mexican Revolution; and Mexican Mosaic: A Brief History of Mexico.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1. The Sonorenses in the Revolution, 1910–19151. The Making of a Faction2. The School of WarPart 2. The Road to Power, 1915–19203. Inside the Revolutionary Regime4. The Triumph of the Sonoran AlliancePart 3. The Sonoran Triangle, 1920–19245. The Sonorenses in Power6. The Triangle BrokenPart 4. The Duarchy, 1924–19287. On Trial before the World8. Almost PorfirioPart 5. The Maximato, 1928–19349. From Caudillos to Institutions10. The End of an EraEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

"The Sonoran Dynasty should become a required text for established scholars to help them avoid the myths that have grown up around Álvaro ObregÓn and Plutarco ElÍas Calles and to better understand the wider Sonoran circle of associates."-Jason H. Dormady, A Contra Corriente "This is an accessible and sweeping history of a crucial yet overlooked and misunderstood subject in Mexican history."-Miles V. RodrÍguez, Americas “The Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico is a major contribution to the field. As JÜrgen Buchenau points out, the Mexican Revolution, in contrast to other modern revolutions, had no overriding ideology, though it did produce a progressive, nationalist constitution. That meant that the priorities of Mexico’s leaders during the 1920s-the crucial period of reconstruction following a bloody ten-year civil war-would determine what ‘the revolution’ meant as they selectively enforced or disregarded the provisions of the constitution. Understanding those priorities is vital to understanding the modern history of Mexico. Buchenau illuminates that theme in an insightful and compelling narrative.”-Timothy J. Henderson, author of The Mexican Wars for Independence: A History