"This is one of the first studies that deals systematically with the role of anthropologists as social scientists in post-revolutionary state formation. . . . There are many works out now on relations between the Mexican state in formation and rural communities; this is the first to look explicitly at Indigenous policy and practice."–Mary Kay Vaughan, author of
Cultural Politics in Revolution: Teachers, Peasants, and Schools in Mexico, 1930-1940 "A clear, unambiguous narrative and analysis . . . Anyone interested in Mexico should have an interest in this book."–William H. Beezley, co-editor of
The Oxford History of Mexico