Political Ecologies of Cattle Ranching in Northern Mexico : Private Revolutions

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Secret Geographies of Mexican Cattle Ranching -- 2. The Development of Cattle Ranching in Sonora, Mexico -- 3. Land, Labor, and Resource Management on Private Ranches -- 4. Ranch Ecology, Landscape Change, and Power -- 5. Gender, Community, and the Spatial Dynamics of Ranching -- 6. Private, Communal, and Privatizing Ranches in Neo-liberal Mexico -- 7. Trail's End: Ranching a Continent -- Appendix A: Ranching and Regional Literature -- Appendix B: Research Methodology and Sources -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index.