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Book Synopsis
The history of a small town in Mexico.

Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Prologue.
    • A Delimitation and Justification of the Subject
    • Some Remarks on Method
    • Self-Defense, Self-Criticism, and Aims
    • Note concerning the Second Edition
  • Three Beginnings
    • The Mountain Landscape
    • An Early History of Construction and Destruction
    • A Society of Cowboys
  • Part One. Half a Century in Search of Communion
    • 1.The Ranchos (1861-1882)
      • The Subdivision and Sale of the Cojumatlán Hacienda
      • Economics of the Ranchos
      • Ranching Society
      • Religion, Games, and Insecurity
    • 2.The Town (1883-1900)
      • The Generation of the Snowstorm
      • The Founding of San José de Gracia
      • The Great Fright of 1900
    • 3. The Ranchos and the Town (1901-1910)
      • The Business World and Social Life
      • Amusements and Religious Dutiesin Padre Othón's Small World
      • Winds from the Outside World
      • All in All, Half a Century of Peaceful and Orderly Progress
  • Part Two. Thirty Years of Suffering
    • 4. The Mexican Revolution (1910-1924)
      • The Madero Revolution
      • The Agents of Revolution in San José
      • The Puntada Gang, José Inés Chivez Garcia, and the Spanish Influenza
      • Gathering Clouds
    • 5. The Cristero Revolution (1925-1932)
      • A Few Months Before
      • The Uprising
      • After Tizapin
      • San José de Gracia Lifts Its Head Again
    • 6. The Agrarian Revolution (1933-1943)
      • The Petitioners, the Petitioned, and the Apportioners of Land
      • The Origin of Nine Ejidos
      • Padre Federico Returns and President Cárdenas Comes to Call
      • Incipit Vita Nova
      • Thirty Years of Turmoil: Statistics and Concepts
  • Part Three. Twenty-five Years of Change
    • 7. Withdrawal and Expansion (1943-1956)
      • At the Mercy of the Outside World
      • The Symptoms of Transformation
      • Seasonal Migration to the United States
      • The Permanent Move to Mexico City
    • 8. From Yesterday to Today (1957-1967)
      • Priority of the Economic Factor
      • Health, Water, Electricity, Education, Telephones, and Television
      • Two Hundred Words More about Change
      • New Aspects of the Landscape and the Town
    • 9. The Upper Crust
      • The Rich and the Middle-Income Group
      • Politics from the Top Down, and Vice Versa
      • Religion and Some of Its Environs
      • Pleasurable Occasions and a Digression concerning Happiness
    • 10. The Underdogs
      • Small Landowners and Men Who Work for Other Men
      • The Woman Produces Children, Meals, and Art
      • Today Many Youngsters Go to School
      • Human Pests and Other Sources of Annoyance
  • Three Conclusions
    • Timeless Things
    • Sayings of Yesterday and Today
    • A Small Epilogue and a Postscript
  • Glossary
  • Works Cited

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1974
      ISBN13: 9780292775718, 978-0292775718
      ISBN10: 0292775717
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The history of a small town in Mexico.

      Table of Contents
      • Abbreviations
      • Prologue.
        • A Delimitation and Justification of the Subject
        • Some Remarks on Method
        • Self-Defense, Self-Criticism, and Aims
        • Note concerning the Second Edition
      • Three Beginnings
        • The Mountain Landscape
        • An Early History of Construction and Destruction
        • A Society of Cowboys
      • Part One. Half a Century in Search of Communion
        • 1.The Ranchos (1861-1882)
          • The Subdivision and Sale of the Cojumatlán Hacienda
          • Economics of the Ranchos
          • Ranching Society
          • Religion, Games, and Insecurity
        • 2.The Town (1883-1900)
          • The Generation of the Snowstorm
          • The Founding of San José de Gracia
          • The Great Fright of 1900
        • 3. The Ranchos and the Town (1901-1910)
          • The Business World and Social Life
          • Amusements and Religious Dutiesin Padre Othón's Small World
          • Winds from the Outside World
          • All in All, Half a Century of Peaceful and Orderly Progress
      • Part Two. Thirty Years of Suffering
        • 4. The Mexican Revolution (1910-1924)
          • The Madero Revolution
          • The Agents of Revolution in San José
          • The Puntada Gang, José Inés Chivez Garcia, and the Spanish Influenza
          • Gathering Clouds
        • 5. The Cristero Revolution (1925-1932)
          • A Few Months Before
          • The Uprising
          • After Tizapin
          • San José de Gracia Lifts Its Head Again
        • 6. The Agrarian Revolution (1933-1943)
          • The Petitioners, the Petitioned, and the Apportioners of Land
          • The Origin of Nine Ejidos
          • Padre Federico Returns and President Cárdenas Comes to Call
          • Incipit Vita Nova
          • Thirty Years of Turmoil: Statistics and Concepts
      • Part Three. Twenty-five Years of Change
        • 7. Withdrawal and Expansion (1943-1956)
          • At the Mercy of the Outside World
          • The Symptoms of Transformation
          • Seasonal Migration to the United States
          • The Permanent Move to Mexico City
        • 8. From Yesterday to Today (1957-1967)
          • Priority of the Economic Factor
          • Health, Water, Electricity, Education, Telephones, and Television
          • Two Hundred Words More about Change
          • New Aspects of the Landscape and the Town
        • 9. The Upper Crust
          • The Rich and the Middle-Income Group
          • Politics from the Top Down, and Vice Versa
          • Religion and Some of Its Environs
          • Pleasurable Occasions and a Digression concerning Happiness
        • 10. The Underdogs
          • Small Landowners and Men Who Work for Other Men
          • The Woman Produces Children, Meals, and Art
          • Today Many Youngsters Go to School
          • Human Pests and Other Sources of Annoyance
      • Three Conclusions
        • Timeless Things
        • Sayings of Yesterday and Today
        • A Small Epilogue and a Postscript
      • Glossary
      • Works Cited

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