In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of U.S. property owners as part of President Lazaro Cardenas s land redistribution program. Because no compensation was provided to the Americans a serious crisis, which John J. Dwyer terms the agrarian dispute, ensued between the two countries. Dwyer s nuanced analysis of this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. He argues that the agrarian dispute inaugurated a new and improved era in bilateral relations...

In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of U.S. property owners as part of President Lazaro Cardenas s land redistribution program. Because no compensation was provided to the Americans a serious crisis, which John J. Dwyer terms the agrarian dispute, ensued between the two countries. Dwyer s nuanced analysis of this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. He argues that the agrarian dispute inaugurated a new and improved era in bilateral relations...