Les hommes et les ressources naturelles dans le bassin de Mexico. L'innovation technologique et son impact dans un milieu rural : Chalco (1890-1925)

Men and Natural Resources in the Mexican Basin: Technological Innovation and its Impact on a Rural Milieu. Chalco (1890-1925). A. Tortolero. Between 1890 and 1925, the Chalco lake region was the site of large-scale hydraulic works. In the first part of this article, we study the technical, economic and political conditions of the transformations desired and organized by the big landowners. In the second part, we shall look at the consequences which these transformations had upon the village activities for which the importance of the lake economy was often underestimated. The author shows that the intensification of the capitalist economy and the resulting impoverishment of the villages contributed to a large extent to explain the rebellion of the Chalco peasants during the Mexican revolution.Tortolero Alejandro. Les hommes et les ressources naturelles dans le bassin de Mexico. L'innovation technologique et son impact dans un milieu rural : Chalco (1890-1925). In: Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 52ᵉ année, N. 5, 1997. pp. 1085-1113