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Please help me to understand diction behind following sentence?

At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.

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Hi, Please help me to understand diction behind following sentence? At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards. ( At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, ) ( the most radical faction, the faction of Zapata and his followers, ) ( proposed a return to communal ownership of land, ) ( and proposed a return to ) ( what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership ) ( that was respected by the Spaniards.

  • Hi, Please help me to understand diction behind following sentence?
  • At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
  • ( At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, ) ( the most radical faction, the faction of Zapata and his followers, ) ( proposed a return to communal ownership of land, ) ( and proposed a return to ) ( what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership ) ( that was respected by the Spaniards.
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Hi,
Please help me to understand diction behind following sentence?

At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.


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