In the struggle to eliminate the hacienda system, more than eight hundred thousand men, women, and children died.
Forces that held together a dubious past seek to achieve an enlightened future. Education continues to enrich more and more lives. Mexico's present-day inflation and political corruption have halted the country's advance, but these unfortunate conditions cannot last.
Bibliography
General Works
Ajofrín, Francisco de, Diario del Viaje en el Siglo XVIII (Madrid, 1958).
Beals, Carleton, Mexican Maze (New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1951).
Brenner, Anita, The Wind that Swept Mexico (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1943).
Butler, William, Mexico in Transition (New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1892).
Chase, Stuart, Mexico, A Study of Two Americas (New York: Macmillan, 1931).