wind socks
the wind that swept mexico the history of the mexican revolution of 1910 1942
p the mexican revolution began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator porfirio diaz . the wind that swept mexico originally published in 1943 was the first book to present a broad account of that revolution in its several different phases . in concise but moving words and in memorable photographs this classic sweeps the reader along from the false peace and plenty of the diaz era through the doomed administration of madero the chaotic years of villa and zapata carranza and obregon to the peaceful social revolution of cardenas and mexicos entry into world war ii . p the photographs were assembled from many sources by george r. leighton with the assistance of anita brenner and others . many of the prints were cleaned and rephotographed by the distinguished photographer walker evans .
numerous photographs complement this classic history of the dramatic events following the overflow of porfirio diaz