Political Ecologies of Cattle Ranching in Northern Mexico: Private Revolutions

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Index Aconchi, 21, 42, 48, 51, 156, 157, 218n3; vegetation around, 91, 96; woodcraft industry in, 155, 219n3 Aconchi, Sierra, 96, 99 adaptation, 117, 118 Adolfo: on ranch environment, 88–89 agrarian reform, 11–12, 14, 52, 150–51, 152, 154, 158. See also land tenure agriculture, 15, 36; irrigated, 75–76, 77, 138, 158, 180; in New Spain, 37–39; in Río Sonora Valley, 21–22 El Aguaje: ownership of, 81–83, 139 Aguascalientes, 50 Ajos-Bavispe National Forest and Wildlife Refuge, 16 Alamos, 168 alfalfa, 22, 94, 121 animal science, 15 Arizona: buffelgrass in, 177–79 Arizpe, 21, 51, 135, 136, 137, 218n3 assets: of landed families, 76–77 Austin family, 170 aviculture, 156, 169 Bacanuchi Valley, 44 Bajío, 37, 38 baldíos, 122, 161 Banámichi, 21, 42, 48, 60, 106, 156, 218n3; ejido land, 51, 153; irrigated lands in, 76, 77, 154 Basochuca, 48 Baviácora, 21, 41(fig.), 42, 48, 51, 54, 79, 91, 138, 156, 157, 197, 218n3 birdwatching, 17, 197 Bourbon Reforms, 49 Brown Revolution, 14, 103 Buenos Aires Ranch, 16 buffelgrass, 22; elimination of, 177–79; establishment of, 110–12, 186; impacts of, 104, 106–10, 112–14, 118–19; state promotion of, 105–6 businesses, 142, 148; diversification through, 174–75, 180 caballeros, 32 Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez, 42 Cananea, 194 capital: and land ownership, 80, 159 carne asada, 29 carrying capacity: and stocking levels, 122–23, 162–63 Cartucho, Sr., 60–61 cattle breeds, 56, 64, 65, 140, 183; environmental requirements of, 93–94, 105, 179–80; landscape and, 168–69, 181 cattlemen’s association, 19 charrería, 31 Chiapas, 9 Chico Basin Ranch, 170–71, 172 “Cien Cabezas de Ganado,” 149 class, 9–10, 32; diversity of, 59–60 254 Index climate, 220n4; and herd management, 63–64; Río Sonora, 91–93; Sonora, 39–40 colonial period: demographic changes, 41–42; land tenure in, 48–49; livestock introduction in, 32–33, 40–41 Comisión Téchnico Consultiva de Coeficientes de Agostadero (COTECOCA), 120–21 communities: transnational, 148–49 complexity theory, 177 comuneros, 79 comunidades, 9, 51–52, 54, 157, 158 condueñazgo, 10, 81–83 Coronado expedition, 31–32 corrals, 45–46 corridos, 143–44, 149 COTECOCA. See Comisión Téchnico Consultiva de Coeficientes de Agostadero credit, 167, 186 Croix, Teodoro de, 46 crops, 168; feed, 22, 77, 94, 105, 180–81, 184 culture, 190; politics of, 143–47 Cumpas, 156 debt: long-term, 167–68, 181–83 debt peonage, 36 decentralization, 123–24 decision making, 116, 119, 179 deforestation, 8, 13, 96, 97, 99 Las Delicias, 106 Dellot, Ana, 135–36 Dellot, Jean-Claude, 135 Dellot, Manuel, 135 demography: colonial period, 41–42 desertification, 85–86, 96 development, 86, 159, 185–86; groundwater , 168–69; ranching as, 72–73, 89–90, 112 Díaz, Porfirio, 14 discourse, 120 diseases: Old World, 41–42 drinking: social, 144 drought, 1, 88–89, 167; government response to, 151–52; herd management in, 63–64; and land quality, 102–3; and vegetation, 91–92 drug traffickers, 144, 166–67, 194 ecology, 4, 86, 179; buffelgrass and, 118–19; political, 7, 116, 122–24, 191, 217n1 economics, 15; and resources, 61–62 economy: assets in, 76–77; diversity of, 7, 177; national policies, 147–48, 149 economy of scale, 129 ecosystems: buffelgrass and, 112–14; changes in, 95–96; livestock and, 32–33; Sonoran, 39–40 Eduardo, 174 ejidos, 5, 9, 11–12, 22, 50–51, 120, 122, 124, 162, 220n5; formation of, 53–54; land tenure, 78–79, 157; livestock levels on, 99–100, 120; PROCEDE process, 152–54 El Aguaje: ownership of, 81–83, 139 elections: municipal, 189 elites, 22, 34; landed, 187, 193; power structure of, 24–25, 144–45 El Lobo ranch, 106 El Morro, Rancho, 128–29 El Paso, 121 encomiendas, 37 environment, 88–89; cattle breeds, 93–94, 179–80; concern for, 85–86; Río Sonora, 91–93; strategically relevant, 122–23 erosion, 8, 13, 85, 197; buffelgrass and, 106–10 estancias, 33–34, 43, 46–47, 218n4 extension agents, 119, 186 Index 255 falluqueros/fayuqueros, 43 families: extended, 10, 125, 186; labor, 57–58, 190; landed, 76–77; ranching, 55–56 federal government, 11, 219n5 feedlots, 121 fencing, 19, 54, 71–72, 103, 121 fire: pastures, 104–5 fire cycles, 172 foods: local, 186 forage, 93 forests, 96, 97, 99, 155 Franciscans, 46, 50 Frisby, Pedro...