Abstract
Studies of Mexican agrarian history long have focused on great estates and peasant communities, institutions presumed to dominate rural life. This essay suggests, however, that the agrarian poor first organized their lives in families—groups that dealt creatively with powerful people and institutions. It explores the ways the rural poor organized family economies not wholly subject to either great estates or villages. The conclusion is that family organization allowed the agrarian majority more independence from elites and powerful insti tutions than is generally accepted.
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