Cárdenas Compromised

"A deeply researched and convincingly argued regional study that illuminates the contradictions and ambiguities of Mexico's most radical post-revolutionary regime."--Mary Kay Vaughan, author of "Cultural Politics in Revolution: Teachers, Peasants, and Schools in Mexico, 1934-1940"

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 Agrarian Cardenismo, THe Rise of the CGT, and the Fall of Governor Alayola, 1934-1935 15

2 Left-Cardenismo and the Lopez Cardenas Administrations, 1935- 1936 38

3 Cardenismo in Crisiss: Gualbertismo, the Falal of Lopez Cardenas, and the Rise of the Official Camarilla 59

4 The Crusade of the Mayab: Cardenismo from Above 80

5 Alliance Failed: Cardenas, Urban Labor, and the Open Door Election of 1937 97

6 The Retreat of Cardenas: The Great Ejido Plan and the New Political Equilibrium in Yucatan 125

7 Cardenas Compromised: Cardenismo's Legacy in Yucatan 158

Notes 169

List of Abbreviations 201

Bibliography 205