{"product_id":"contentious-republicans-9780822332244","title":"Contentious Republicans","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the mid-nineteenth-century rise of mass electoral democracy in the southwestern region of Colombia. This work describes a rich republicanism characterized by legal rights and popular participation, and explains how this vibrant political culture was created by competing subaltern groups.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eContentious Republican\u003c\/i\u003es is a lucid, well-researched, and engagingly written account that will force a rethinking of popular political thought and practice and its impact on national politics in Colombia.”—Mary Roldán, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood and Fire: \u003c\/i\u003eLa Violencia\u003ci\u003e in Antioquia Colombia, 1946–1953\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Contentious Republicans\u003c\/i\u003e is the most intelligent and persuasive application of the insights of ‘subaltern studies’ I have encountered in the field of Latin American studies. James E. Sanders shows in engaging detail how different subaltern groups turned the republican politics of newly independent Colombia into an arena of struggle. The quality and sheer quantity of Sander’s evidence is impressive; much of it is drawn from regional and national archives largely untapped for the purpose of writing social and cultural history.”—Charles Bergquist, author of \u003ci\u003eLabor and the Course of American Democracy: U.S. History in Latin American Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction: A Social History of Politics 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003e “We the Undersigned, Citizens of the State”: Three Forms of Popular Republicanism 18\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003e A New Politics: The Emergence of Republican Bargaining, 1848-1853 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e Fragmented Hegemony: The Limits of Elite Power, 1853-1863 100 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e The Triumph of Democracy, 1863-1876 \u003cbr\u003e 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6 \u003c\/b\u003e Failure of Discipline: The Suppression of Popular Politics, 1875-1886 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e Conclusion: Popular Republicans’ Legacies 184\u003cbr\u003e Notes 199\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations 237\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 239\u003cbr\u003e Index 253","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406034018647,"sku":"9780822332244","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contentious-republicans-9780822332244","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}