Article: Anotaciones sobre la produccIón de alimentos durante el porfiriato

Coatsworth, John Henry. "ANOTACIONES SOBRE LA PRODUCCIÓN DE ALIMENTOS DURANTE EL PORFIRIATO." Historia Mexicana 26, no. 2 (October 1976): 167-187. Historical Abstracts.

This article was published in Spanish, so it might be difficult to follow unless you speak Spanish or find tables and charts compelling beyond words. I took from it two things: first, that many historical sources play fast and loose with the truth. In this case, the irony shouldn't go missing, the article reviews a book called Statistics, and revises upwards food production levels to show that despite the dramatic decreases shown in the book, the numbers are much more stable than previously thought. So, if anyone tells you that during the Porfiriato there was a drastic decrease in food production due to farmers producing other non-food crops for export, you can look up this article and profess a slightly more nuanced view.