"Masterly. . . . One of the best books in the entire literature on the sociology of revolution."—W. G. Runciman, London Review of Books "Shows great originality and is the closest thing to date to a definitive history written by a single author. . . . The empiricist quality of this book may turn him into the next authority, the ... Read morestandard for a new generation of historians."—Jean Meyer, Hispanic American Historical Review "This study undoubtedly will be considered one of the best written and most thoroughly researched synthese of the revolution for years to come."—Heather Fowler Salamini, Peasant Studies "Alan Knight's remarkable Mexican Revolution must rank among the finest pieces of historical scholarship to have appeared in this country over the past decade, and deserves a much wider audience than Mexicanists alone."—Alistair Hennessy, Times Literary Supplement Show Less