The Rancheros of Pisaflores: The History of a Peasant Bourgeoisie in Twentieth-Century Mexico

by Frans J Schryer

This case study of the 'ranchero' region of Sierra Alta de Hidalgo offers a new perspective on the rancheros and their role in the Mexican Revolution and its aftermath. Focusing on the economic and political history of the municipio of Pisaflores over the past hundred years, the author demonstrates that the rancheros were not subsistence family farmers, as they have been described by other scholars, but commercial farmers, a local elite employing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487580894
• ISBN13: 9781487580896
• Release Date: December 1980
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher