Vanderwood / Joseph / Rosenberg Juan Soldado

Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8633-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 350 Seiten

Reihe: American encounters/global interactions

Investigates the popular canonization of a saint in Tijuana, asking what triggered the devotion and considering local, national, international, geographical, environmental, cultural, and psychological aspects of the event.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vanderwood, Paul J

Joseph, Gilbert M.

Rosenberg, Emily S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

I. The Crime

1. Notions of Justice 3

2. Aftermath 51

II. Circumstances

3. Tijuana 75

4. Mexico for the Mexicans 104

5. Riding the Roller Coaster 137

III. Belief

6. Witness to Execution 173

7. Criminals and Saints 201

8. Closer to God 249

9. John the Soldier 275

Notes 293

Sources 311

Index 327

Über Autor(innen)

Paul J. Vanderwood (1929-2011) was Professor Emeritus of Mexican History at San Diego State University. He is the author of several books, including The Power of God Against the Guns of Government: Religious Upheaval in Mexico at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century; Border Fury: A Picture Postcard Account of the Mexican Revolution and U.S. War Preparedness, 1910–1917; and Disorder and Progress: Bandits, Police, and Mexican Development.