San José De Gracia

John Upton (1917-2005) earned an M.A. from the University of Madrid and lived for a number of years in various Spanish-speaking countries.

• AbbreviationsPrologue. A Delimitation and Justification of the SubjectSome Remarks on MethodSelf-Defense, Self-Criticism, and AimsNote concerning the Second EditionThree Beginnings The Mountain LandscapeAn Early History of Construction and DestructionA Society of CowboysPart One. Half a Century in Search of Communion 1.The Ranchos (1861-1882) The Subdivision and Sale of the CojumatlÁn HaciendaEconomics of the RanchosRanching SocietyReligion, Games, and Insecurity2.The Town (1883-1900) The Generation of the SnowstormThe Founding of San JosÉ de GraciaThe Great Fright of 19003. The Ranchos and the Town (1901-1910) The Business World and Social LifeAmusements and Religious Dutiesin Padre OthÓn's Small WorldWinds from the Outside WorldAll in All, Half a Century of Peaceful and Orderly ProgressPart Two. Thirty Years of Suffering 4. The Mexican Revolution (1910-1924) The Madero RevolutionThe Agents of Revolution in San JosÉThe Puntada Gang, JosÉ InÉs Chivez Garcia, and the Spanish InfluenzaGathering Clouds5. The Cristero Revolution (1925-1932) A Few Months BeforeThe UprisingAfter TizapinSan JosÉ de Gracia Lifts Its Head Again6. The Agrarian Revolution (1933-1943) The Petitioners, the Petitioned, and the Apportioners of LandThe Origin of Nine EjidosPadre Federico Returns and President CÁrdenas Comes to CallIncipit Vita NovaThirty Years of Turmoil: Statistics and ConceptsPart Three. Twenty-five Years of Change 7. Withdrawal and Expansion (1943-1956) At the Mercy of the Outside WorldThe Symptoms of TransformationSeasonal Migration to the United StatesThe Permanent Move to Mexico City8. From Yesterday to Today (1957-1967) Priority of the Economic FactorHealth, Water, Electricity, Education, Telephones, and TelevisionTwo Hundred Words More about ChangeNew Aspects of the Landscape and the Town9. The Upper Crust The Rich and the Middle-Income GroupPolitics from the Top Down, and Vice VersaReligion and Some of Its EnvironsPleasurable Occasions and a Digression concerning Happiness10. The Underdogs Small Landowners and Men Who Work for Other MenThe Woman Produces Children, Meals, and ArtToday Many Youngsters Go to SchoolHuman Pests and Other Sources of AnnoyanceThree Conclusions Timeless ThingsSayings of Yesterday and TodayA Small Epilogue and a PostscriptGlossaryWorks Cited