The Mexican Agrarian Revolution

I think that this work by Frank Tannenbaum is a good one. Not just because is one of the fisrt studies of the Mexican Revolution, but becuase is made by an American historian. Although he made a deep reaserch, I believe that thoe book lacks some important facts, being a study of the agrarian revolution, the author doesn't make a deep review on the Zapatismo and the south revolution, which was actually the agrarian one. He does explain, somehow, what was the situation of the Indians and peons before the revolution, but I think that he focuses to much on the industrial aspect. The causes he gave for the revolution are not quite clear, it appears to me that the industrailization of Mexico was the major cause. He dedicates a whole chapter to the haciendas but at the end of the book, one gets the impression that they had really little impact on the Mexican population. The book is really focus on the impact of the revolution, how did it changed Mexico and what were the conditions of the country then. I thought that the final chapters were good, because Tannenbaum makes several reflexions on the political system and how did it faced the agrarian question, some times giving it a fast answer and others taking time to face it. Nevertheless, I thought it was good and it helps anyone that has the Mexican revolution as a reaserch subject.