Sources & browser storage

Courses come from MIT OpenCourseWare, The Open University (OpenLearn) and TU Delft OpenCourseWare; each course page credits its source and license. Books in the reader come from Project Gutenberg, audiobooks from LibriVox.

RedLectern is independent of MIT, The Open University and TU Delft and is not endorsed by them. Self-study only: no grades, certificates, or credit.

Progress and notes are saved in this browser. Export a backup; clearing browser data can remove them. YouTube embeds may process usage data.

Barbarous Mexico

Name: Barbarous Mexico
Author: John Kenneth Turner

John Kenneth Turner

Read by mpinedag, Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025), David S. Ingram, PotaszNC, Tony Posante, Ted Lienhart, Larry Wilson, DJRickyV, timli, Christine Rottger and franc · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

Open a chapter to play its MP3 recording.

Preface to the Third Edition (4:43)
Chapter I - The Slaves of Yucatan, part 1 (27:36)
Chapter I - The Slaves of Yucatan, part 2 (30:30)
Chapter 2 - The Extermination of the Yaquis (19:31)
Chapter 3 - Over the Exile Road, part 1 (17:39)
Chapter 3 - Over the Exile Road, part 2 (15:54)
Chapter 4 - The Contract Slaves of Valle Nacional (26:03)
Chapter 5 - In the Valley of Death, part 1 (27:09)
Chapter 5 - In the Valley of Death, part 2 (26:52)
Chapter 6 - The Country Peons and the City Poor (22:11)
Chapter 7 - The Diaz System, part 1 (20:03)
Chapter 7 - The Diaz System, part 2 (20:16)
Chapter 8 - Repressive Elements of the Diaz Machine, part 1 (22:22)
Chapter 8 - Repressive Elements of the Diaz Machine, part 2 (22:16)
Chapter 9 - The Crushing of Opposition Parties (24:46)
Chapter 10 - The Eighth Unanimous Election of Diaz, part 1 (21:19)
Chapter 10 - The Eighth Unanimous Election of Diaz, part 2 (31:17)
Chapter 11 - Four Mexican Strikes, part 1 (28:52)
Chapter 11 - Four Mexican Strikes, part 2 (26:58)
Chapter 12 - Critics and Corroboration, part 1 (19:26)
Chapter 12 - Critics and Corroboration, part 2 (20:21)
Chapter 13 - The Diaz-American Press Conspiracy (26:33)
Chapter 14 - The American Partners of Diaz (35:31)
Chapter 15 - American Persecution of the Enemies of Diaz, part 1 (29:02)
Chapter 15 - American Persecution of the Enemies of Diaz, part 2 (32:03)
Chapter 16 - Diaz Himself, part 1 (27:45)
Chapter 16 - Diaz Himself, part 2 (26:45)
Chapter 17 - The Mexican People (31:28)
Publisher's Note to Fourth Edition (2:14)