TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benjamin Thomas
TI  - A rich land, a poor people: politics and society in modern Chiapas 
SN  - 0826317138 (pbk.)
AV  - HC137.C47 
U1  - 338.972/75 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Albuqueque
PB  - University of New Mexico Press
KW  - Elite Social sciences
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Chiapas
KW  - Political activity
KW  - History
KW  - Peasantry
KW  - Agricultural industries
KW  - Chiapas Mexico
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-355) and index; 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)
ER  -