The Mexican Revolution and the Limits of Agrarian Reform, 1915-1946

Table of contents

• The Mexican Revolution and the Limits of Agrarian Reform, 1915-1946 *
• The Mexican Revolution and the Limits of Agrarian Reform, 1915-1946 *
• Contents v
• Acknowledgments vii
• Introduction 1
• Part 1 - Agrarian Revolution, Agrarian Reform *
• 1 - Agrarian Revolution: the Peasant War 13
• 2 - Carranza: Bourgeois Entrenchment 23
• 3 - Obregón: Bonapartism, Cañonazos, and Capitalism 35
• 4 - Calles: Croesuses and Técnicos 47
• 5 - The Maximato: Crisis and Repression 59
• Part 2 - Cardenismo, Agrarian Reform, and Regime Institutionalization *
• 6 - Cárdenas and Cardenismo 73
• 7 - Agrarian Structure, Politics, and Economic Development 83
• 8 - Class Struggle and the Collective Ejido 95
• 9 - Regime Institutionalization and the Decline of the Agrarian Reform 103
• 10 - The Ejido and the Legacy of Cardenismo 113
• Part 3 - The "Rectification" of Cardenismo *
• 11 - The Avila Camacho Presidency: an Agrarian Counterreform? 121
• 12 - Elections, War, and the Politics of Conciliation 125
• 13 - The Contradictions of Agricultural Development 131
• 14 - The "Consolidation" of the Agrarian Reform 139
• 15 - Small Property and the Legal Recourse of Amparo 157
• 16 - Conclusion 165
• Glossary and Acronyms 171
• Tables *
• Bibliography 195
• Index 205
• About the Book and Author 215

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