{"product_id":"the-agrarian-dispute-9780822342953","title":"The Agrarian Dispute","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of US property owners as part of President Cardenas' land redistribution program. This title analyzes this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels in a nuanced way that combines social, economic, political, and cultural history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Agrarian Dispute\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force. John J. Dwyer ties international relations and domestic politics in Mexico together in an exciting new way, demonstrating that the expropriation of United States–owned land by the Cárdenas regime was of crucial importance for the relationship between the two countries, Mexico’s overall economic development, and agrarian reform. Few scholars cover both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as well as Dwyer does.”—\u003cb\u003eBen Fallaw\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCárdenas Compromised: The Failure of Reform in Postrevolutionary Yucatán\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Agrarian Dispute\u003c\/i\u003e will force scholars to reconsider U.S.-Mexican relations during the Cárdenas years. John J. Dwyer shows how powerful domestic and international events were affected by the actions of ‘subalterns’ and how Mexico, a relatively weak power, deftly bested the United States with creative diplomatic tactics. He also makes a convincing case that the U.S. response to Mexico’s oil expropriation in 1938 was largely determined by the earlier controversy over the land confiscations.”—\u003cb\u003eTimothy J. Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Worm in the Wheat: Rosalie Evans and Agrarian Struggle in the Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley of Mexico, 1906–1927\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Interplay between Domestic Affairs and Foreign Relations 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Domestic Origins of an International Conflict \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Roots of the Agrarian Dispute 17\u003cbr\u003e 2. \u003ci\u003eEl asalto a las tierras y la huelga de los sentados\u003c\/i\u003e: How Local Agency Shaped Agrarian Reform in the Mexicali Valley 44\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Expropriation of American-Owned Land in Baja California: Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Factors 77\u003cbr\u003e 4. Domestic Politics and the Expropriation of American-Owned Land in the Yaqui Valley 103\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Sonoran Reparto: Where Domestic and International Forces Meet 138\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Diplomatic Resolution of an International Conflict \u003cbr\u003e 6. The End of U.S. Intervention in Mexico: The Roosevelt Administration Accommodates Mexico City 159\u003cbr\u003e 7. Diplomatic Weapons of the Weak: Cárdenas's Administration Outmaneuvers Washington 194\u003cbr\u003e 8. The 1941 Global Settlement: The End of the Agrarian Dispute and the Start of a New Era in U.S.-Mexican Relations 232\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Moving away from Balkanized History 267\u003cbr\u003e Notes 85\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 343\u003cbr\u003e Index 371","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406052729175,"sku":"9780822342953","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822342953.jpg?v=1730494371","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-agrarian-dispute-9780822342953","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}