Sarah Washbrook

Producing Modernity in Mexico

Labour, Race and the State in Chiapas, 1876-1914

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Produktbeschreibung

This major regional study analyses the politics of the state and the history of land tenure and rural labour in Chiapas, Mexico, in 1876 to 1914. It provides a case study of tropical plantation development and labour relations and contributes to the growing history of indigenous peoples in Latin America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780197264973
• ISBN-10: 0197264972
• Artikelnr.: 34552548

Autorenporträt

Dr Sarah Washbrook (B.Soc. Sci., M.Phil., D.Phil.) studied Political Science and Sociology at the University of Birmingham before going on to complete a Master's degree in Latin American Studies and a D.Phil in Modern History at St Antony's College, Oxford. She is currently a British Academy postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I: The Colonial Period and the First Fifty Years of Independence
* 1: On the Border: Chiapas, between Empire and Republic
* 2: Post-independence Politics and Land: From the Community to
Agrarian Servitude
* Part 2: Politics, Race and State Building, 1876-1914
* 3: The Politics of Porfirian Chiapas, 1870-1914
* 4: Modernization, Race and the State
* 5: Building the Porfirian State: Administrative Centralization,
Indian Communities and the 'Reinvention of Tradition'
* Part 3: Labour, Export Development and Landed Power, 1876-1914
* 6: Land Privatization and Agrarian Relations in Chiapas during the
Porfiriato
* 7: "Disguised Slavery": Debt Peonage in Chiapas, 1876-1914
* 8: Debt Peonage and Regional Export Development: Pichucalco, Chilón,
Palenque and Soconusco, 1876-1914
* Conclusion