Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico
Men, Women, and War
In this new and masterful synthesis, Wasserman shows the link between ordinary men and women-preoccupied with the demands of feeding, clothing, and providing shelter-and the elites' desire for a stable political order and an expanding economy. The three key figures of nineteenth-century Mexico-Antonio López de Santa Ana, Benito Juárez, and Porfirio Díaz-are engagingly reinterpreted. But the emphasis in this book is on the struggle of the common people to retain control over their everyday lives. Concerns central to village life were the appointment of police officials, imposition of taxes on Indians, the trustworthiness of local priests, and…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8263-4374-1
- EAN: 9780826343741
- Produktnummer: 34255859
- Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 278 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 10'501 KB
Über den Autor
Mark Wasserman is professor of history at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the author of books and articles on Mexico's political and economic history.
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