Agrarian Dispute: The Expropriation of American-Owned Rural Land in Postrevolutionary Mexico Book

Contents

List of Illustrations....................ix
Acknowledgments....................xi
Introduction: The Interplay between Domestic Affairs and Foreign Relations....................1
1. The Roots of the Agrarian Dispute....................17
2. El asalto a las tierras y la huelga de los sentados: How Local Agency Shaped Agrarian Reform in the Mexicali Valley....................44
3. The Expropriation of American-Owned Land in Baja California: Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Factors....................77
4. Domestic Politics and the Expropriation of American-Owned Land in the Yaqui Valley....................103
5. The Sonoran Reparto: Where Domestic and International Forces Meet....................138
6. The End of U.S. Intervention in Mexico: The Roosevelt Administration Accommodates Mexico City....................159
7. Diplomatic Weapons of the Weak: Cárdenas's Administration Outmaneuvers Washington....................194
8. The 1941 Global Settlement: The End of the Agrarian Dispute and the Start of a New Era in U.S.-Mexican Relations....................232
Conclusion: Moving away from Balkanized History....................267
Notes....................285
Bibliography....................343
Index....................371