...Matthew Fischer-Daly; Christian Zlolniski Expanding California’s agribusiness model, the production of fresh fruits and vegetables in San Quintín, Baja California, represents a paradigmatic case of the growth of export commercial agriculture in Mexico. Through intensive use of labor, land...

...Noe Pliego Campos The bidding process, organizing, and hosting of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico spanned almost four years of President Miguel de la Madrid’s presidency (1982–88) and was tied to major events, including the 1982 debt crisis and the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. As such, its...

...Richard Anthony Grijalva This article examines José Servando Teresa de Mier’s “Carta de despedida a los mexicanos.” In the letter written in 1821, Mier argues that the name México must be spelled with an x to preserve the name’s originary connotations. Analyzing the poetic strategies and messianic...

... general. En este sentido, es preciso decir que esta estimación sobre la evolución demográfica de México es parte de un esfuerzo más amplio, realizado por los autores, por calcular el PIB, de modo que sea posible dejar de emplear las pocas cifras existentes y utilizar series, en vez de valores aislados...

... poco más de dos meses—de noviembre de 1907 a mediados de febrero de 1908—, y la cantidad de aquellos que volvieron a México fue entre dieciocho mil y veinte mil personas, sobre todo trabajadores que laboraban en los ferrocarriles y la minería, en Los Ángeles y San Francisco, California, así como en...

...Beatriz Urías Horcasitas Este artículo examina los enfrentamientos generados por la Revolución cubana en la izquierda intelectual mexicana al inicio de 1970. La correspondencia de Laurette Séjourné, arqueóloga de origen italiano radicada en México, permite identificar las tensiones que se...

... and in his portraits has allowed scholars to project and reaffirm racial thinking rather than challenge its assumptions. Departing from this perspective, this essay examines his representation in text and image as a means of excavating the changing racial ideologies of nineteenth-century Mexico...

...Lynn Stephen This article contributes to scholarly and policy conversations about diasporic Indigenous peoples from Mexico and Guatemala and forms of discrimination, through lack of attention to language and culture, that result in differential health and economic outcomes for Indigenous workers...

...Shannan Mattiace; Tomas Nonnenmacher Between 2000 and 2020, over one-third of the population increase of Yucatán’s capital city, Mérida, was due to the increase in the population born in another state in Mexico. Compared to the rest of Mexico and to Yucatán’s historical patterns, the growth...

... the history of cinema unions in Mexico and then examine the conflict between two major groups within the cinema unions—the actors and technical workers—and its impact on the film industry. The article also examines how the government negotiated with the unions and argues that unions influenced the film...

...Lara Campos Pérez Este artículo analiza el debate político que se desarrolló en México en el verano de 1871 originado en los sucesos de la Comuna de París ocurrida ese mismo año. En el debate tomaron parte representantes de dos segmentos del arco ideológico: liberales, sobre todo en su ala moderada...

...Axel G. Elías Jiménez This article uses the 1968 Olympic Games as a lens to explore everyday forms of citizenship and nation building in Mexico City. To do so, it contrasts the political objectives of the federal government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with Mexico City’s citizenry...

... that immigrants’ labor was incorporated into the circuits of social reproduction. Drawing on interviews with migrants from rural central Mexico in the United States, we analyze how immigrants absorbed the worst effects of the crisis by cheapening their labor, transferring unpaid reproductive labor to other...

... true in the case of Mexico. Rather, as this article suggests, parties also evaluate the degree to which they consider prospective coalition partners reliable and trustworthy. Some otherwise viable coalitions fail to form because of lack of trust or form despite ideological disparities, when a party’s...

..., the religious upheaval in central Mexico (Cristero Rebellion), and the socialist education promoted by the federal government. 41 In addition to distributing propaganda on the streets, Communists on the border made efforts to inculcate a sense of internationalism among workers. In 1934, the Padilla-led...

...Carlos Vilalta; Gustavo Fondevila Estudios previos en México argumentan que la percepción de corrupción y la percepción de eficacia predicen la insatisfacción y la falta de confianza en la policía. Este artículo extiende estos estudios previos al examinar si la percepción de corrupción policial...

...Paul Gillingham This essay analyzes citizenship in Latin America, providing both comparative context and a schema for the phenomenon in Mexico. It identifies a region-wide “century of citizenship” that ran from the rise of liberal regimes in the 1850s to the eclipse of populist government...

...Simón Pedro Izcara Palacios México posee una legislación estricta en materia de trata de personas, pero tal legislación tiene poca utilidad si las víctimas no denuncian a sus explotadores. Este artículo, fundamentado en una metodología cualitativa que incluye la realización de entrevistas en...

... revocado en la práctica política de México. Este ensayo da sustento a la anterior afirmación, pero también sugiere una ruta para rehabilitar la justicia social. Inspirado en la crítica de la ideología de Žižek, sostengo que hay que volver a empezar , hay que repetir a Zapata ; esto es, hay que recuperar...

...Juvenal J. Cortés On March 2014, Mexico adopted laws outlining the use of direct democracy. Direct democracy promised to give citizens greater control of government by reducing the gap between citizens and government. However, the first four referendums were not proposed by citizens but one each...