Disorder and progress
bandits, police, and Mexican development
by Paul J. Vanderwood
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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.
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Disorder and progress: bandits, police, and Mexican development
1992, SR Books
in English
- Rev. and enl. ed.
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Desorden y progreso: bandidos, policías y desarrollo mexicano
1986, Siglo XXI
in Spanish
- 1a ed. en español.
9682313198 9789682313196
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Disorder and progress: bandits, police, and Mexican development
1981, University of Nebraska Press
in English
080324651X 9780803246515
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Bibliography: p. 225-258.
Includes index.
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