Disorder and progress
Subtitle: bandits, police, and Mexican development
By: Paul J. Vanderwood.
Edition: Rev. and enl. ed.
Series: Latin American silhouettes
Publisher: SR Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Wilmington, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Police, Rural -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century; Brigands and robbers -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century; Outlaws -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century; Mexico -- Rural conditions
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-258) and index.