| Summary: | This paper seeks to analyze the rebel movement in Michoacán, led by José Inés Chávez García, and which reached its height between 1916 and 1918. From a perspective that includes social, political and military history, this essay seeks to describe the said movement, which includes ingredients such as simple banditry, regional rejection of Carranza’s control, defense of the popular catholic religion against constitutionalist governmental decisions, as well as class struggles between Michoacanan popular sectors and haciendas, large farms, and certain urban populations. The analysis considers the relations between Chávez’s followers and rural communities, as well as the repercussions that the conflicts between political authorities and state military men had on the rebellion.
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