Table of Contents

1. Introduction: the Mexican hacienda; 2. The Bajio; 3. Population; 4. The structure of agricultural production; 5. Profits and rents: three haciendas; 6. Landlords; 7. Rancheros; 8. Agricultural prices and the demographic crises; 9. Epilogue: agrarian reform 1919–40.

Promotional Information

During the eighteenth century the Bajio emerged from its frontier condition to become the pace-maker of the Mexican economy.