Abstract

GUAREROS, Porfirio Neri  and  PICHARDO, Gloria Camacho. Tierras de común repartimiento y formación de ranchos en el sistema de riego de Cuautitlán, Estado de México, 1856-1911. Mundo agrar. [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.44, pp.113.e1-113.e2. ISSN 1515-5994.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24215/15155994e113.

In Mexico, the desamortización law of June 25, 1856 established that all rustic and urban farms owned by civil or ecclesiastical corporations should be awarded individually. Most of the indigenous peoples resisted to confiscate their communal lands, but some neighbors quickly accepted the desamortización of their lands of común repartimiento; for example, the neighbors of several municipalities that integrated the irrigation system of Cuautitlán. In this sense, the objective of this article is to analyze the desamortización process of the lands of común repartimiento and the formation of ranches in the municipality of Cuautitlán, between 1856 and 1911. It is established that the transfer of the lands of común repartimiento to individual property It happened quickly due to three aspects: the individual possession of the lands, the loss of community sense of them and the existence of the water resource. Likewise, it is concluded that the ranchers managed to accumulate desamortizadas lands, because the sale of land was a common practice in the region. In addition, the new owners saw economic development opportunities in the land and water resources focused on livestock and dairy activities. Finally, the text makes it clear that the ways of accessing and enjoying the lands of común repartimiento underwent changes during the 19th century; so we cannot consider them yet as individual lands that were distributed among the families for their survival.

Keywords : Property rights; Desamortización; Land market; Ranches; Agricultural history.

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