Studies of Mexican agrarian history long have focused on great estates
and peasant communities, institutions presumed to dominate rural life. This
essay suggests, however, that the agrarian poor first organized their lives in
families—groups that dealt creatively with powerful people and institutions. It
explores the ways the rural poor organized family economies not wholly subject
to either great estates or villages. The conclusion is that family organization
allowed the agrarian majority more independence from elites and powerful insti
tutions than is generally accepted.
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