| Disorder and Progress: Bandits, Police, and Mexican Development Rev and Enl Edition Contributor(s): Vanderwood, Paul J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0842024395 ISBN-13: 9780842024396 Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1992 Annotation: This reissue of Professor Vanderwood's groundbreaking study-available again for the first time in a decade-examines bandits, police, and Mexican politics as a whole, showing how different groups used the agents of order and disorder to serve their interests. Originally published in 1981, Disorder and Progress was revised and updated in 1992. Added to the enlarged 1992 edition and included here in this reissue are the entirely new introduction, material on the period of the independence wars and on Pancho Villa, and an updated bibliography. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - History | Latin America - General |
| Dewey: 364.155 |
| LCCN: 92-14784 |
| Series: Latin American Silhouettes |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.03" W x 9.03" (1.05 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This reissue of Prof. Vanderwood's groundbreaking study-available again for the first time in a decade-examines bandits, police, and Mexican politics as a whole, showing how different groups used the agents of order and disorder to serve their interests. Originally published in 1981, Disorder and Progress was subsequently revised and updated in 1992. Added to the enlarged 1992 edition and included here in this reissue are the entirely new introduction, material on the period of the independence wars and on Pancho Villa, and an updated bibliography. This book also incorporates additional data and interpretations regarding bandits and instruments for maintaining order that were included in the 1992 edition. Maps and illustrations will help readers appreciate the issues under discussion. |
