Title
Statistics, Maps, and Legibility: Negotiating Nationalism in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
History
Publication Date
10-2009
Abstract
Official statistics and maps played crucial roles in the Mexican Revolution, especially in the two decades following its armed phase. In the 1920s and 1930s, Mexico’s federal government sought to increase agricultural production and redistribute land as part of a program of national reconstruction after a decade of civil war. Such efforts depended upon the collection of statistics and the elaboration of maps by public officials. An analysis of the work of data collectors and mapmakers in post-revolutionary Mexico adds to the research on official statistics and maps by demonstrating their multifaceted and often contradictory functions.
Recommended Citation
Ervin, Michael A. “Statistics, Maps, and Legibility: Negotiating Nationalism in Post-Revolutionary Mexico.” The Americas 66, no. 02 (October 2009): 155–79. https://doi.org/10.1353/tam.0.0165.
Journal
The Americas
Rights
Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 2009
Comments
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