Disorder and progress
bandits, police, and Mexican development
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Author
Publication
1981 - University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska
Language
English
Word Count
66,000 words, Guess
Page Count
264 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10080324651X
- ISBN-100803296002
- ISBN-139780803246515
- ISBN-139780803296008
- Goodreads4599758', '3070012
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number80022345
- OCLC Control Number6735767
- Better World Books9780803296008
- Better World Books9780803246515
- Open LibraryOL4107563M
Classifications
- DDC363.2/0972
- LCCHV8161.A2 V36
- LCCHV8161.A2
Description
Part I. The balance of order and disorder -- 1. Ambitious bandits: disorder equals progress -- 2. The aura of the king -- 3. The spoils of independence -- 4. Bent on being modern -- 5. Bandits into police, and vice versa -- Part II. Toward the Western model -- 6. Order, disorder, and development -- 7. The limits to dictatorship -- 8. A kind of peace -- Part III. A political police performance -- 9. Constabulary of campesinos and artisans -- 10. The president's police -- 11. It's the image that counts -- Part IV. Demons of revolution unleashed -- 12. The rollercoaster called capitalism-- 13. Unraveling the old regime -- 14. Disorder in search of order.
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