Land Reform in Mexico: 1910–1980 presents the workings of the Mexican government by analyzing actual policies, their implementation, and their outcomes in a significant and central sector of the Mexican economy, agriculture. This book discusses the pattern of Mexican redistribution policy in agriculture over an extensive period of time, with emphasis on the causes and effects of these policy shifts.

Organized into eight chapters, this book begins with an overview of the agricultural policy and modernization strategy of Mexico. This text then relates regional variations in the rural social structure of the late 19th century to the history of Mexico's unique agricultural policy. Other chapters consider the policy shifts reflected in agrarian legislation by presidential period. This book discusses as well the politics of land reform and its linkages to local, state, and national administrations. The final chapter deals with the status of agricultural policy in Mexico during the 1980s.

This book is a valuable resource for scholar and students with interest in Mexican politics.

• Front Cover 2
• Land Reform in Mexico: 1910–1980 5
• Copyright Page 6
• Dedication 7
• Table of Contents 9
• List of Figures 13
• List of Tables 15
• Preface 17
• Acknowledgments 19
• Chapter 1. Introduction 23
  • BACKGROUND 23
  • THE RESEARCH DESIGN 26
  • THE REGIONAL DIMENSION 34
• Chapter 2. Regional Variations in Prerevolutionary Mexican Society 35
  • INTRODUCTION 35