It's not elegantly written, but straightforward with a neutral tone. I already knew bits and pieces about the Revolutionary era - Porfiro Diaz, Zapatistas, resentment of foreign privilege, and ultimately President Cárdenas. But this book put it all together.

Almost every chapter - which are chronological, proceeding from about 1900 through 1940 - gives updates on the issues that sparked the revolution: land reform, political centralization, church-state relations, and economic nationalism.

Worth reading!