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

by John Dwyer

Book Overview

In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of U.S. property owners as part of President L zaro C rdenas's land redistribution program. Because no compensation was provided to the Americans a serious crisis, which John J. Dwyer terms "the agrarian dispute," ensued between the two countries. Dwyer's nuanced analysis of this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels combines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822343096
• ISBN13: 9780822343097
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"