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Casi Nada: A Study of Agrarian Reform in the Homeland of Cardenismo

by John Gledhill

In this book, John Gledhill recounts for us the surprising history of a social revolution carried out "from above." In the enormous hacienda of Guaracha, situated in the northwest of the State of Michoacán, only a small group of rebels sympathized with the agrarian ideals of the Mexican Revolution. Faced with the indifference of the majority of the peasants and workers, the owner of the hacienda extrerminated the rebels. Later, the revoutionary government, perceived as abusive, anti-clerical and jacobean, aroused the mistrust and hostility of the people of Guaracha. Thus the redistribution of land promoted and effectuated by Lázaro Cárdenasùthe great craftsman of Mexican agrarianismùserved to achieve greater political control over these discontent peasants. But, as Gledhill demonstrates exhaustively, it did not serve to liberate them from poverty, nor to convert them into effective supporters of the regime. 350p (Studies on Culture and Society 4, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies 1991)

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