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Book SynopsisProfessor Bazant describes in detail the implementations of the 1856 Lerdo Law and subsequent decrees. Using selected areas of the country, he traces the precise effects of the redistribution of Church property and capital, describing the terms of sale or transfer, the number of sales, the buyers, their nationality and occupation, and the total value of the amounts involved.
Table of ContentsList of tables; Editor's note; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Nationalized goods and Church wealth, 1821–55; 2. Puebla and Veracruz. The intervention and the disentailment of Church wealth, 1856–57; 3. The disentailment in Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Michoacán and Jalisco, 1856–57; 4. The civil war, 1858–60; 5. Nationalized property in the city of Mexico: the final settlement, 1861–63; 6. Nationalized property in the provinces: the final settlement, 1861–63; 7. The foreign occupation and the liberal republic, 1863–75; Conclusion; Appendices; List of sources and works cited; Index.
