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Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico
Mark Wasserman
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Description for Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico
Paperback. In this synthesis, Wasserman shows the link between ordinary Mexican men and women from Independence to the Revolution, combining explanations of social history, political and economic change, and gender relations. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 248 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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 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 changes in land ownership. Communities often followed their leaders into one political camp or another and even into war out ... Read more
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 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 changes in land ownership. Communities often followed their leaders into one political camp or another and even into war out ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Dialogos
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826321718
SKU
V9780826321718
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