Disorder And Progress
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...
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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.
Maps and IllustrationsPreface to the Revised and Enlarged EditionIntroduction: Bandits, Real and ImaginedPt. IThe Balance of Order and Disorder1Ambitious Bandits: Disorder Equals Progress32The Aura of the King153The Spoils of Independence234Bent on Being Modern355Bandits into Police - and Vice Versa53Pt. IIToward the Western Model6Order, Disorder, and Development637The Limits to Dictatorship758A Kind of Peace85Pt. IIIA Political Police Performance9Constabulary of Campesinos and Artisans10110The President's Police11911It's the Image That Counts131Pt. IVDemons of Revolution Unleashed12The Rollercoaster Called Capitalism13913Unraveling the Old Regime15114Disorder in Search of Order159Notes183Bibliography225Index259
\ American Historical ReviewWill 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.\ \
