| Summary: | This article examines the Sonoran governorship of Jose Maria Maytorena during the maderista period of the Revolution. Further, it attempts to shed light on the issue of whether the Maytorena governorship was a popular social revolution, an instance of elite replacement of Porfirian office holders, or an attempt to implement “progressive” principles such as other northern governors, Francisco I. Madero, and Francisco Leon de la Barra attempted to do. Because Maytorena and his collaborators supported demobilization of the popular rebels, proposed little or no labor reform, and advocated against redistributing land to the Yaquis, the article concludes that Maytorena does not deserve the label of progressive reformer, but instead was the most conservative of all the northern governors during this period.
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