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Cover Troubled Harvest : Agronomy and Revolution in Mexico, 1880-2002 title: Contributions in Latin American Studies 1054-6790 ; No. 22 author: Cotter, Joseph. publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group isbn10 | asin: 0313325154 print isbn13: 9780313325151 ebook isbn13: 9780313052545 language: English Agriculture--Mexico--History--20th century, Green Revolution--Mexico, subject Agriculture--Technology transfer--Mexico-- History--20th century, Mexico--Social conditions--20th century. publication date: 2003 lcc: S451.7.C68 2003eb ddc: 630.9720904 Agriculture--Mexico--History--20th century, Green Revolution--Mexico, subject: Agriculture--Technology transfer--Mexico-- History--20th century, Mexico--Social conditions--20th century. Page i Troubled Harvest Page ii Recent Titles in Contributions in Latin American Studies Family and Favela: The Reproduction of Poverty in Rio de Janeiro Julio César Pino Mexico in the Age of Proposals, 1821–1853 Will Fowler Reinventing Legitimacy: Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela Damarys Canache and Michael R.Kulisheck, editors Sugar and Power in the Dominican Republic: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Trujillos Michael R.Hall Tornel and Santa Anna: The Writer and the Caudillo, Mexico 1795–1853 Will Fowler Exiles, Allies, Rebels: Brazil’s Indianist Movement, Indigenist Politics, and the Imperial Nation-State David Treece One of the Forgotten Things: Getúlio Vargas and Brazilian Social Control, 1930–1954 R.S.Rose The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil: The “Liberation” of Africans Through the Emancipation of Capital David Baronov Beyond the Ideal: Pan Americanism in Inter-American Affairs David Sheinin, editor Oil, War, and Anglo-American Relations: American and British Reactions to Mexico’s Expropriation of Foreign Oil Properties, 1937–1941 Catherine E.Jayne Gunboats, Corruption, and Claims: Foreign Intervention in Venezuela, 1899–1908 Brian S.McBeth “La última gaviota”: Liberalism and Nostalgia in Early-TwentiethCentury Panama Peter A.Szok Page iii Troubled Harvest Agronomy and Revolution in Mexico, 1880–2002 JOSEPH COTTER Contributions in Latin American Studies, Number 22 Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cotter, Joseph. Troubled harvest : agronomy and revolution in Mexico, 1880–2002/ Joseph Cotter. p. cm.—(Contributions in Latin American studies, ISSN 1054–6790 ; no. 22) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-32515-4 (alk. paper) 1. Agriculture—Mexico—History—20th century. 2. Green Revolution— Mexico. 3. Agriculture—Technology transfer—Mexico—History—20th century. 4. Mexico—Social conditions—20th century. I. Title. II. Series. S451.7.C68 2003 630′.972′0904—dc21 2002044952 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2003 by the estate of Joseph Cotter All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002044952 ISBN: 0-313-32515-4 ISSN: 1054-6790 First published in 2003 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.praeger.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page v To Michael, Margaret, Cheryl, and Mary Page vi This page intentionally left blank.

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During the 20th century, two revolutions swept rural Mexico: the Mexican Revolution and the Green Revolution. In both, revolutionaries promised to address the problems of rural poverty and underdevelopment. The Mexican Revolution led to a significant agrarian reform and created the State and elite t
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