Abstract

PURECO ORNELAS, José Alfredo. El agua del río Cupatitzio: la vertebración de una comarca socioeconómica en el centro de Michoacán. Región y sociedad [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.67, pp.121-150. ISSN 2448-4849.

This paper aims to explain the socio-economic development process experienced in the central region of Michoacan, Mexico, an area between the temperate lands in the vicinity of Uruapan and the lowlands to the south of this city, using the water potential of the Cupatitzio River. The hypothesis is that this resource could only have been used thanks to the concurrence of three elements: i) the Second Industrial Revolution technology brought to the region; ii) private initiative, which expanded the agricultural frontier to the south, and iii) postrevolutionary government's public plans, through which the benefits of growth were distributed. The method used here is the historical reconstruction of events since the beginning of the 20th century until the 1960s, a period when these two regions were closely linked to form this area. The sources used were documents of that time and recent studies.

Keywords : economic development; Michoacan; regional history; water.

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