The systems of irrigation and the agricultural development in Aguascalientes during the Nineteenth Century

This article arguments the importance of the irrigation and the limited nature of the progresses that look place in the region during the Nineteenth century. The landholders and the governments were incapable of doing truly improvements, which explains somehow the backwardness of the agriculture. In...

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Author: Gómez Serrano, Jesús
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1999
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES
Repository:Caleidoscopio
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uaa.mx:article/283
Online Access:https://revistas.uaa.mx/index.php/caleidoscopio/article/view/283
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:agricultural irrigation systems
Aguascalientes
Nineteenth Century
sistemas de riego agrícola
siglo XIX
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Summary:This article arguments the importance of the irrigation and the limited nature of the progresses that look place in the region during the Nineteenth century. The landholders and the governments were incapable of doing truly improvements, which explains somehow the backwardness of the agriculture. In spite of the its conceded importance, the project of building a big dam which would irrigate the Aguascalientes valley, it never could be done.