Mexican Revolution Eric Wolf Analysis

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Wolf Reading Response Eric Wolf described the Chinese Revolution in comparison to that of the Mexican Revolution. For example, during the Mexican Revolution, there were three main crises. The first was the demographic crisis. The second was the ecological crisis. The third was the crisis in power and authority. In comparison, during the Chinese Revolution, there were four main crises. The first was a cyclic dynastic decline. There was distance between the central state and the rest of society. The government had to keep corruption under control by instilling Confucius readings to the gentry class that were becoming scholars. The readings instilled collective, moral, universal, obedience, respect of authority, etc. The central authority over