Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village

Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9780226226934
ISBN-13 : 022622693X
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Book Synopsis Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village by : Paul Friedrich

Download or read book Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village written by Paul Friedrich and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village deals with a TarĂ¡scan Indian village in southwestern Mexico which, between 1920 and 1926, played a precedent-setting role in agrarian reform. As he describes forty years in the history of this small pueblo, Paul Friedrich raises general questions about local politics and agrarian reform that are basic to our understanding of radical change in peasant societies around the world. Of particular interest is his detailed study of the colorful, violent, and psychologically complex leader, Primo Tapia, whose biography bears on the theoretical issues of the "political middleman" and the relation between individual motivation and socioeconomic change. Friedrich's evidence includes massive interviewing, personal letters, observations as an anthropological participant (e.g., in fiesta ritual), analysis of the politics and other village culture during 1955-56, comparison with other TarĂ¡scan villages, historical and prehistoric background materials, and research in legal and government agrarian archives.


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