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The Face of Pancho Villa: A History in Photographs and Words
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The Face of Pancho Villa: A History in Photographs and Words Paperback - 2007

by Friedrich Katz; The Casasola Collection (Photographer)

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"There is no doubt that history is written by the victors," spoke a eulogizer at Pancho Villa's funeral, "but it is also true that legends are written by the people. For that reason, the name of Francisco Villa has remained enshrined forever in the heart of the poor."

Yes, Pancho Villa is a legend, but he is also a mystery and a bundle of contradictions. This book, coupling noted historian Friedrich Katz's text with forty-two archival photographs, provides a deep insight into this revolutionary who was a hero for some, a villain for others. Hero or villain, he changed the history of Mexico.

Pancho Villa has never been forgotten by the people--los de abajo (the underdogs)--but for too long academia has belittled his achievements and importance. Yet the scholarship of Friedrich Katz has forced Pancho Villa back into historical conversations as a pivotal and complex figure in the Mexican Revolution. Villa did more during the armed phases of the Mexican Revolution to overthrow the Diaz and Huerta regimes than any other Mexican leader. Yet unlike most of his peers, he came from the lowest rungs of Mexican society and lacked formal education.

Friedrich Katz is the preeminent historian of the Mexican Revolution. His book The Life and Times of Pancho Villa shifted the focus of scholarship on the revolution to Pancho Villa and the northern armies.

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  • Title The Face of Pancho Villa: A History in Photographs and Words
  • Author Friedrich Katz; The Casasola Collection (Photographer)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cinco Puntos Press, El Paso:
  • Publication date September 30, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781933693088 / 1933693088
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.3 in (21.08 x 21.08 x 0.76 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007000965
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Katz is the son of Austrian Jews who sought refuge in Mexico at the start of WWII. His historical research brought new attention to the importance of northern Mexico and Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution. He is Professor Emeritus of Latin American History at the University of Chicago and the namesake of its Katz Center for Mexican Studies. In the early 1910s Agustin Victor Casasola started a photographic agency to take advantage of international interest in the Mexican Revolution. Although many different photographers worked for the agency, Agustin took credit for all their photographs. The agency is credited with most of the photographic coverage of the revolution. The collection is now a part of Mexico's national history

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