Disorder and Progress: Bandits, Police, and Mexican Development (Latin American Silhouettes)
The first edition represented a major breakthrough in Mexican historiography; the revised and enlarged edition now presents a thoughtful brilliance of a historian at the height of his reflective powers. This book will delight the scholar and fascinate the general reader. (Colin MacLachlan, Tulane University)Already a standard for students of banditry and police in modernizing societies. . . The book's vibrant, humanistic narratives make it a natural for classroom use. Vanderwood's new introduction will be required reading. (Gilbert M. Joseph, Yale University)Will be of interest not only to students of Mexican history but also to those concerned with the development of national police forces and their roles in political life. (American Historical Review)