Farewell to the Peasantry? questions class-reductionist assumptions in certain Marxist and populist approaches to political movements in twentieth-century rural Mexico, highlighting the interpretation of the process of political class formation.
Preface -- Political Class Formation in Rural Mexico -- The Mexican Debate and Beyond: Class, State, and Culture -- Agrarian Reform: Capitalism, the State, and Neoliberalism -- Agrarian Transformations: Crisis and Social Differentiation -- La Laguna: From Agricultural Workers to Semiproletariat -- Atencingo: Peasant-Entrepreneurs and Social Differentiation -- El Yaqui Valley: Toward Self-Managed, Democratic Production -- Conclusion: Farewell to the Peasantry?
