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Book SynopsisAn archive-based study of the failure of President Cardenas's agrarian reform in Mexico's Yucatan region.
Trade Review“A deeply researched and convincingly argued regional study that illuminates the contradictions and ambiguities of Mexico’s most radical post-revolutionary regime.”—Mary Kay Vaughan, author of
Cultural Politics in Revolution: Teachers, Peasants, and Schools in Mexico, 1934–1940“Fallaw presents a great deal of new information on the history of the key state of Yucatán during the decisive years of the 1930s, when Mexico underwent profound political and social reform. Those working on Mexican revolutionary history will find this book invaluable. Broad-minded political scientists will find the analysis illuminating, as well.”—Alan Knight, author of
The Mexican RevolutionTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Agrarian Cardenismo, THe Rise of the CGT, and the Fall of Governor Alayola, 1934-1935 15
2 Left-Cardenismo and the Lopez Cardenas Administrations, 1935- 1936 38
3 Cardenismo in Crisiss: Gualbertismo, the Falal of Lopez Cardenas, and the Rise of the Official Camarilla 59
4 The Crusade of the Mayab: Cardenismo from Above 80
5 Alliance Failed: Cardenas, Urban Labor, and the Open Door Election of 1937 97
6 The Retreat of Cardenas: The Great Ejido Plan and the New Political Equilibrium in Yucatan 125
7 Cardenas Compromised: Cardenismo's Legacy in Yucatan 158
Notes 169
List of Abbreviations 201
Bibliography 205
