Casi NADA: A Study in Agrarian Reform in the Homeland of Cardenismo (Studies on Culture and Society, Vol.4) - Tapa blanda

"CASI NADA is the result of many months that the author shared the lives of the ejidatarios of Guaracha, Michoacan and of his patient reconstruction of the collective memory concerning a half centry of violence and hope. Without a doubt, it will become obligatory reading for those interested in the themes of agrarian reform, peasant reproduction and political control at the local level. The book will also serve to remind us that, if it is true that Mexican peasants never have supported populist inefficiencies, neither will they become enthusiastic supporters of a neoliberal agenda which condemns them to disappear."
- Guillermo de la Peña; Director, CIESAS-Occidente; Guadalajara, Mexico

John Gledhill is the Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester, and a fellow of the British Academy.