Foreword / William Roseberry xi

Preface xvii

Introduction: Reasons to Be Cheerful / Daniel Nugent 1

I. Popular Nationalism and Anti-Imperialism in the Mexican Countryside

The United States and the Mexican Peasantry, circa 1880-1940 / Alan Knight 25

Measuring Influence: The United States and the Mexican Peasantry / John H. Coatsworth 64

Social Unrest, Nationalism, and American Capital in the Mexican Countryside, 1876-1920 / John Mason Hart 72

Villismo: Nationalism and Popular Mobilization in Northern Mexico / Ruben Osorio 89

II. Class, Ethnicity, and Space in Mexican Rural Revolts

Rancheros and Rebellion: The Case of Northwestern Chihuahua, 1905-1909 / Jane-Dale Lloyd 107

Mixtec Political Consciousness: From Passive to Active Resistance / Michael Kearney 134

Space and Revolution in Northeastern Chihuahua / Maria Teresa Koreck 147

III. U.S. Intervention and Popular Ideology

The United States, Feuding Elites, and Rural Revolt in Yucatan, 1836-1915 / Gilbert M. Joseph 173

U.S. Military Intervention, Revolutionary Mobilization, and Popular Ideology in the Chihuahua Sierra, 1916-1917 / Ana Maria Alonso 207

From Alliance to Dependency: The Formation and Deformation of an Alliance between Francisco Villa and the United States / Friedrich Katz 239

IV. Resistance and Persistence

Chiapas and the Rebellion of the Enchanted World / Adolfo Gilly 261

Bibliography 335

Index 365

Contributors 381

Daniel Nugent

William C. Roseberry

Alan Knight

John Coatsworth

Ruben Osorio

Jane-Dale Lloyd

Michael Kearney

Terri Koreck

Ana Alonso

Friedrich Katz

Adolfo Gilly

"Given its wide interdisciplinary scope and its combination of current relevance with deep historical knowledge, it is safe to say that this book will be welcomed in many quarters."—Paul Friedrich, University of Chicago — N/A

"This is the best country-focused collection of essays available on rural politics and peasant movements in Latin America."—Leon Zamosc, University of California at San Diego — N/A

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