Introduction: Men of the people : Lázaro Cárdenas, Luis Echeverría, and revolutionary populism / María L.O. Muñoz and Amelia M. Kiddle -- Cárdenas and Echeverría : two "populist" presidents compared / Alan Knight -- Plutarco Elías Calles and revolutionary-era populism in Mexico / Jürgen Buchenau -- The social sciences, revolutionary nationalism, and interacademic relations : Mexico and the United States, 1930-1940 / Guillermo Palacios -- Revolutionary resource populism : president Cárdenas and the creation of environmental policies / Emily Wakild -- Searching for molecules, fueling rebellion : Echeverría's "arriba y adelante" populism in southeastern Mexico / Gabriela Soto Laveaga -- "We have returned to Porfirian times" : neopopulism, counterinsurgency, and the dirty war in Guerrero, Mexico, 1969-1976 / Alexander Aviña -- Forging destiny : populism, indigenismo, and indigenous mobilization in Echeverría's Mexico / María L.O. Muñoz -- Policing and populism in the Cárdenas and Echeverría administrations / Diane E. Davis -- "How can we speak of democracy in Mexico?" : workers and organized labor in the Cárdenas and Echeverría years / Michael Snodgrass -- Co-opting cardenismo : Luis Echeverría and the funeral of Lázaro Cárdenas / Amelia M. Kiddle and Joseph U. Lenti -- Conclusion: Gabardine suits and guayabera shirts / William H. Beezley