GEOG 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Miguel Lerdo De Tejada, Food Security, Emiliano Zapata
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Paved the way for more economic activity and local businesses. Wanted to change how country was run (free trade, less state control) Liberal reform under juarez: rise of mexico"s peripheries , liberal reformers. Mestizo rancheros: 1856 law (ley lerdo) forced sale of church lands, privatized peasant community lands. The porfiriato-diaz, 1876-1911: early political stability; dictatorship - head of mexican state, controlled people so there would be no rebellion, rapid growth and industrialization, increased role for foreign investors, increased social polarization, development of railroads, links to u. s. Carranza"s constitutionalists: failure of zapata"s and villa"s factions. 1915: us recognizes carranza, cuts off assistance to zapata and villa. Emilio zapata+ pancho villa = led rebellion that led to a revolution, felt disadvantaged by industry. Rent out extra land to make a living. Peasants in yucatan didn"t rebel because they were able to maintain food security by trading with the us. Ecological autonomy: underpinnings of rebellion, historical erosion.
