Benjamin Thomas  1952 <br/><br/>
A rich land, a poor people :  politics and society in modern Chiapas / 
Thomas Benjamin. 
 - Rev. ed. /  with a foreword by Lorenzo Meyer. 
 - Albuqueque :  University of New Mexico Press,  1996. 
 - xxvi, 376 p. :  ill., maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-355) and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / Lorenzo Meyer -- Prologue: The Sentiment of Localism is Very Deeply Rooted (1820s-80s) -- Pt. 1. Modernization, 1890-1910 (or the public career, celebrated successes, and social costs of the "enlightened caciquismo"). 1. On the Road to Real Progress. 2. One of the Most Progressive Governors. 3. The Spirit of Enterprise -- Pt. 2. Revolution, 1910-20 (or the unfortunate convulsions - private and extraneous - of the familia chiapaneca). 4. A Profound Political Division. 5. To Feel the Effects of the Revolution -- Pt. 3. Mobilization, 1920-50 (or the revolutionary organization of the "popular masses" in their own political and economic marginalization). 6. In Defense of Class Interests. 7. For the Purpose of Political Order. 8. Only for Politics Have the Postulates of the Revolution Been Prostituted -- Epilogue: The Government and the Finqueros are the Same Thing (1950s-90s). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0826317138 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Elite Social sciences--Political activity--History--Mexico--Chiapas<br/>Peasantry--History--Mexico--Chiapas<br/>Agricultural industries--History--Mexico--Chiapas
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Chiapas Mexico--Economic conditions<br/>Chiapas Mexico--Social conditions<br/>Chiapas Mexico--Economic policy<br/>Chiapas Mexico--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC137.C47 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.972/75