CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ILLUSTRATIONS x
4. PREFACE xi
5. 1. 1857 to 1917: Background for a Revolutionary Constitution 1
6. 2. Elections, Delegates, and Preliminary Sessions 31
7. 3. The Apogee of Anticlericalism 60
8. 4. The Evolution of a Labor Program 101
9. 5. Article 27: The Attack on Vested Interests 134
10. 6. The Prevailing Winds of Reform 166
11. 7. Concluding Sessions: The Politics of Discord 211
12. 8. In Retrospect 225
13. APPENDIX A Article 130 of the Constitution of 1917 235
14. APPENDIX B Article 5 Compared with Draft Proposal 237
15. APPENDIX C Article 123 Compared with Draft Proposal 239
16. APPENDIX D Carranza's Draft Proposal of Article 27 248
17. APPENDIX E Article 27 Compared with Draft Proposal 250
18. APPENDIX F Biographic Information on Delegates Referred to in Text (as of January 31,1917) 263
19. GLOSSARY 269
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 275
21. INDEX 283