The Ejidos in 1935. Spatial Diversity, Natural Resources and Social Organization

Abstract

This article, based on a historic document, is primarily descriptive and comparative. It explores the spatiality and condition of the ejidos in regional and state terms in 1935. Data are drawen from an Atlas entitled “Agrarian Reform in Mexico”, which describes the status of ejidos, the diversity of natural resources and the variety of uses ejidos had in the different regions of the country. In this respect, the text provides an approach to diversity that does not usually appear in documents on ejidos, particularly when they are explored in historical terms. This information can serve asinput for detailed, spatialized and comparative studies that can help trace ejido trajectories in the different areas and states of the country. The source is an official, informational statistical document prepared by the General Statistics Office of the National Economy Secretariat.