Dwyer / Joseph / Rosenberg The Agrarian Dispute

The Expropriation of American-Owned Rural Land in Postrevolutionary Mexico
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8894-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 402 Seiten

Reihe: American encounters/global interactions

Focuses on U.S.-Mexican relations in postrevolutionary Mexico, placing Cardenas's agrarian reform--including the nationalization of American-owned Mexican farmland--in an international context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dwyer, John

Joseph, Gilbert M.

Rosenberg, Emily S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: The Interplay between Domestic Affairs and Foreign Relations 1

Part I. Domestic Origins of an International Conflict

1. The Roots of the Agrarian Dispute 17

2. El asalto a las tierras y la huelga de los sentados: How Local Agency Shaped Agrarian Reform in the Mexicali Valley 44

3. The Expropriation of American-Owned Land in Baja California: Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Factors 77

4. Domestic Politics and the Expropriation of American-Owned Land in the Yaqui Valley 103

5. The Sonoran Reparto: Where Domestic and International Forces Meet 138

Part II. Diplomatic Resolution of an International Conflict

6. The End of U.S. Intervention in Mexico: The Roosevelt Administration Accommodates Mexico City 159

7. Diplomatic Weapons of the Weak: Cárdenas's Administration Outmaneuvers Washington 194

8. The 1941 Global Settlement: The End of the Agrarian Dispute and the Start of a New Era in U.S.-Mexican Relations 232

Conclusion: Moving away from Balkanized History 267

Notes 85

Bibliography 343

Index 371

Über Autor(innen)

John J. Dwyer is Associate Professor of History at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.