Agrarian Dispute - The Expropriation of American Owned Rural Land in Postrevolutionary

Informationen zum Autor John J. Dwyer is Associate Professor of History at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In 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. 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

Product details

• Authors: Dwyer, John Dwyer, John Joseph Dwyer, John J. Dwyer
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2008
• EAN: 9780822342953
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4295-3
• No. of pages: 388
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int; American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Amerikanische Geschichte, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, Business / Economics / Finance, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico