{"product_id":"a-flock-divided-9780822346395","title":"A Flock Divided","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA history examining the interactions between church authorities and Mexican parishioners—from the late-colonial era into the early-national period—shows how religious thought and practice shaped Mexicos popular politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegantly written and insightful work that casts new light on religious practice in the Americas. O’Hara has revitalised the study of race, religion, and politics in Latin America setting a new standard for historians interested in these themes.” - Alexander Hidalgo,\u003ci\u003e Itinerario\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-researched and well-written book that makes several important contributions to the discipline. . . . O’Hara also adds significantly to our understanding of cultural, social, and political\u003cbr\u003edevelopments in this transitional period of Mexican history.” - Jim Norris, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is based on careful archival research and offers new insights into the often hidden practices of local Catholicism and the role of religion in identity formation. . . . [T]his is an impressive work that merits careful attention.” - Brian Larkin, \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is true to its title. It is a rich, revisionist history that confounds old notions of indigenous passivity and obsolescence by bringing to light a trove of new sources and interpretations that furnish great insight into what being Indian was about over the\u003ci\u003e longue durée\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a welcome contribution to the history of early Mexico.” - Susan Schroeder, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Latin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is a brilliant and readable book that helps to elucidate the divisiveness of the parish system in Mexico during periods when the official government\u003cbr\u003e(vice-regal or republican) was trying to get rid of caste boundaries in the Catholic Church. O’Hara does an incredible job of showing how parishioners and priests alike were frustrated by some government edicts and how they manipulated other edicts to their own benefit. . . . O’Hara should be commended for a job well done.”\u003cbr\u003e - Jonathan Truitt, \u003ci\u003eBulletin of Latin American Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Carefully researched, engagingly written, and strongly argued, \u003ci\u003eA Flock\u003cbr\u003eDivided\u003c\/i\u003e will be mandatory reading for scholars and students of colonial and\u003cbr\u003enineteenth-century Spanish America for many years to come.”\u003cbr\u003e - Matthew Restall,\u003ci\u003e Journal of Social History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is a pioneering work that contributes to a new understanding of Mexican history. It sheds light on many topics, including the intricacies of colonial and republican politics, the limitations of reform projects imposed by the church and by the state, the often difficult relationship between priests and parishioners, and the religious bases of civil society. This brilliant book also shows how much church documents reveal about popular culture and politics, from the persistence of ethnicity and race in shaping urban identities to the continuing importance of the parish and religious devotions as the locus of sociability.”—\u003cb\u003eSilvia Marina Arrom\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eContaining the Poor: The Mexico City Poor House, 1774–1871\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Based almost entirely on extensive new archival research, primarily in ecclesiastical records, \u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is an original, thought-provoking, and compelling contribution to scholarship on late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century Mexico. Through subtle analysis and graceful writing, Matthew D. O’Hara illuminates the multiple intersections among race, religion, and politics.”—\u003cb\u003eMargaret Chowning\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRebellious Nuns: The Troubled History of a Mexican Convent, 1752–1863\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e] rests on an extensive base of sources from Mexican and Spanish archives, published documents, and secondary works on religious culture and Mexican colonial society. Recommended.” -- V. H. Cummins * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegantly written and insightful work that casts new light on religious practice in the Americas. O’Hara has revitalised the study of race, religion, and politics in Latin America setting a new standard for historians interested in these themes.” -- Alexander Hidalgo * Itinerario *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is based on careful archival research and offers new insights into the often hidden practices of local Catholicism and the role of religion in identity formation. . . . [T]his is an impressive work that merits careful attention.” -- Brian Larkin * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e is true to its title. It is a rich, revisionist history that confounds old notions of indigenous passivity and obsolescence by bringing to light a trove of new sources and interpretations that furnish great insight into what being Indian was about over the\u003ci\u003e longue durée\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a welcome contribution to the history of early Mexico.” -- Susan Schroeder * Journal of Latin American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is a brilliant and readable book that helps to elucidate the divisiveness of the parish system in Mexico during periods when the official government\u003cbr\u003e(vice-regal or republican) was trying to get rid of caste boundaries in the Catholic Church. O’Hara does an incredible job of showing how parishioners and priests alike were frustrated by some government edicts and how they manipulated other edicts to their own benefit. . . . O’Hara should be commended for a job well done.”\u003cbr\u003e -- Jonathan Truitt * Bulletin of Latin American Research *\u003cbr\u003e“Carefully researched, engagingly written, and strongly argued, \u003ci\u003eA Flock Divided\u003c\/i\u003e will be mandatory reading for scholars and students of colonial and\u003cbr\u003enineteenth-century Spanish America for many years to come.” -- Matthew Restall * Journal of Social History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Children of Rebekah 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Institutions and Ideas \u003cbr\u003e 1. Geographies of Buildings, Bodies, and Souls 17\u003cbr\u003e 2. An Eighteenth-Century Great Debate 55\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Reform and Reaction \u003cbr\u003e 3. Stone, Mortar, and Memory 91\u003cbr\u003e 4. Invisible Religion 123\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Piety and Politics \u003cbr\u003e 5. Spiritual Capital 159\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eMiserables\u003c\/i\u003e and Citizens 185\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. The Struggle of Jacob and Esau 221\u003cbr\u003e Notes 239\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 281\u003cbr\u003e Index 303","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406058070359,"sku":"9780822346395","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822346395.jpg?v=1730494388","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-flock-divided-9780822346395","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}