Forsaken Harvest: Haciendas and Agrarian Reform in Jalisco, Mexico: 1915-1940

by Luis G. Cueva

Overview

This historical monograph examines the decline of the hacienda estates within Jalisco, Mexico, during the early decades of the twentieth century. The book also explores the impact of the land reform program of President Lázaro Cárdenas in transforming the agrarian economic structure of the region. This study contributes to an ongoing lively debate about the hacienda system and the meaning of Cárdenas’s reforms. This is an important work because it explores the evolution of a regional socioeconomic system that promoted urban industrial growth at the expense of the rural poor. The model of regional development described is applicable to other areas of Mexico and underdeveloped Third World nations with extensive peasant populations. The research for this investigation has wider implications regarding issues of global hunger and malnutrition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781796015942
Publisher:	Xlibris US
Publication date:	11/05/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	500
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Luis attended the University of California San Diego where he received a doctorate in Latin-American Studies in 1994. Professor
Cueva has been teaching history at several colleges in San Diego over the past two decades. Currently he is teaching at United States University in Chula Vista, California. His areas of interest for research include issues related to global hunger. Beyond his academic achievement, Luis has an extensive personal history of involvement in civil rights activism on issues such as immigration reform.