Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico

Featuring a new preface by the author, this brilliant and eminently readable cultural history looks at Mexican life during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, from 1876 to 1911. William H. Beezley illuminates many facets of everyday Mexican life, including sports, storytelling, healthcare, technology, and the traditional Easter-time Judas burnings that became a focus of strife during those years.