Barbarous Mexico
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 340. Illustrated with black & white halftone photo reproductions. Copyrighted 1910. Dark blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine. Edges rubbed, spine tail just a trifle frayed, dampstain with light mottling to rear board, light soiling to leaves, former owner ink signature and stamp on front pastedown. Good+. Item #6636 He writes in the preface: "Current illusions of Mexico and Porfirio Diaz are exploded and the American defenders of slavery and autocracy are made to appear in their true light. The term "barbarous" which I use in my title is intended to apply to Mexico's form of government rather than to its people."
Portland-born socialist and journalist Turner met Mexican revolutionary leaders in Los Angeles in 1908 and won a contract with The American Magazine to investigate peonage under Porfirio Díaz, disguised as a tobacco wholesaler and sportswriter. After printing one installment on enslaved Yaqui Indians in Yucatan the magazine was pressured to drop the series. Turner's activism helped turn public opinion against the regime.
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