"Harvey's study offers specific and broad perspectives on the ancient struggle for land and democracy on the fringe of Mexico's political struggles. This valuable book deserves to be widely read."--Thomas Schoonover, University of Southwestern Louisiana

Neil Harvey is Assistant Professor of Government at New Mexico State University, coeditor of Party Politics in an “Uncommon Democracy”: Political Parties and Elections in Mexico, and editor of Mexico: The Dilemmas of Transition.