Revolution in the Street Women, Workers, and Urban Protest in Veracruz, 1870-1927

This new book examines the social protests of popular groups in urban Mexico during and after the Mexican Revolution and also shows how the revolution inspired women to become activists in these movements. Andrew Grant Wood's well-researched narrative focuses specifically on the complex negotiation between elites and popular groups over the issue of public housing in post-revolutionary Veracruz, Mexico. Wood then compares the Veracruz experience with other tenant movements throughout Mexico and Latin America. He analyzes what the popular groups wanted, what they got, how they got it, and how the changes wrought by the revolution facilitated their actions. Revolution in the Street analyzes the critical roles that women played as leaders and as rank-and-file agitators to keep the movements alive.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Andrew Grant Wood earned his Ph.D. in Latin American history at the University of California, Davis, under the direction of Arnold Bauer. He then served as postdoctoral historian at the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States