Disorder and progress : bandits, police, and Mexican development / Paul J. Vanderwood
1981, 1st edition in this form. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #418757
ISBN: 0803296002
Physical description; 264 pp., 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents; pt. 1. The balance of order and disorder: Ambitious bandits : disorder equals power. The aura of the king. The spoils of independence. Bent on being modern. Bandits into police, and vice versa -- pt. 2. Toward the Western model: Irder, disorder, and development. The limits of dictatorship. A kind of peace -- pt. 3. A political performance: Constabulary of campesinos and artisans. The president's police. It's the image that counts -- pt. 4. Demons of revolution unleashed: The rollercoaster called capitalism. Unraveling the old regime. Disorder in the search of order. Subjects; Díaz, Porfirio 1830-1915. Police, Rural Mexico History 19th century. Brigands and robbers. Outlaws Mexico.
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