Indigenous citizens : local liberalism in early national Oaxaca and Yucatan / Karen D. Caplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caplan, Karen Deborah, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--Government relations.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Yucatan (State)--Government relations.

Liberalism--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--History--19th century.

Liberalism.

Liberalism--Mexico--Yucatan (State)--History--19th century.

Local government--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--History--19th century.

Local government.

Local government--Mexico--Yucatan (State)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Indigenous Citizens challenges the commonly held assumption that early nineteenth-century Mexican state-building was a failure of liberalism. By comparing the experiences of two Mexican states, Oaxaca and Yucatán, Caplan shows how the institutions and ideas associated with liberalism became deeply entrenched in Mexico's regions, but only on locally acceptable terms. Faced with the common challenge of incorporating new institutions into political life, Mexicans—be they indigenous villagers, government officials, or local elites—negotiated ways to make those institutions compatible with a range of local interests. Although Oaxaca and Yucatán both had large indigenous majorities, the local liberalisms they constructed incorporated indigenous people differently as citizens. As a result, Oaxaca experienced relative social peace throughout this era, while Yucatán exploded with indigenous rebellion beginning in 1847. This book puts the interaction between local and national liberalisms at the center of the narrative of Mexico's nineteenth century. It suggests that "liberalism" must be understood not as an overarching system imposed on the Mexican nation but rather as a set of guiding assumptions and institutions that Mexicans put to use in locally specific ways.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Maps

Chapter 1. National Liberalism, Local Liberalisms

Chapter 2. The Institutional Revolution in Town Politics

Chapter 3. Reluctant Taxpayers, Unwilling Soldiers, but “Submissive Sons”

Chapter 4. The Disintegration of a Divided Polity

Chapter 5. “The Shadow of Liberty”

Chapter 6. The Transformation of Indigenous Citizenship

Conclusion. Local Liberalisms and National Liberalism in the Latter Nineteenth Century

List of Abbreviations in Notes

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804772914

0804772916

OCLC:

646068803