{"product_id":"myths-of-modernity-9780822336747","title":"Myths of Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides a history of daily life on coffee plantations in central Nicaragua between 1870 and 1950 and uses that history to argue that the coffee boom impeded rather than expedited the country's transition to capitalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A skilled researcher and potent polemicist, Dore is at her best when she combines archival digging with colorful interviews to prove beyond doubt that political power and patronage, not market forces or the rule of law, have long determined who holds land in Nicaragua.” - \u003cb\u003eRichard Feinberg\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book makes an important contribution to a growing literature on the contradictory nature of liberalism in Latin America. . . . The book is provocative, well written, and clearly argued. It will be essential reading for Latin American historians in general and those interested in gender, liberalism, and labor studies in particular.” - \u003cb\u003eAnn Zulawski\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a real gem of a monograph. Methodologically, Dore takes the combination of ethnography and archival work to a new level.” - \u003cb\u003eBen Fallaw\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMyths of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates why an understanding of history is important to current policy debates and why a misguided analysis of rural class relations contributed to the eventual electoral defeat of the Sandinistas.”—Carmen Diana Deere, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eEmpowering Women: Land and Property Rights in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As ideal a combination of fine-grained, historically rich ethnography; astute political economy; and powerful feminist scholarship as one could possibly hope for. A standard to emulate.”—James C. Scott, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e“In this uniquely researched study, constructed in dialogue with generations of members of the Diriomo community, written records, scholarly debates, and revolutionary policymakers, Elizabeth Dore shows why debt peonage and land privatization in the Nicaraguan coffee boom failed to generate capitalism. Gender is an important element in her argument and one that economic and social historians can no longer afford to ignore.”—Mary Kay Vaughan, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Eagle and the Virgin: Nation and Cultural Revolution in Mexico, 1920–1940\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A skilled researcher and potent polemicist, Dore is at her best when she combines archival digging with colorful interviews to prove beyond doubt that political power and patronage, not market forces or the rule of law, have long determined who holds land in Nicaragua.” -- Richard Feinberg * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e“This book makes an important contribution to a growing literature on the contradictory nature of liberalism in Latin America. . . . The book is provocative, well written, and clearly argued. It will be essential reading for Latin American historians in general and those interested in gender, liberalism, and labor studies in particular.” -- Ann Zulawski * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Indians under Colonialism and Postcolonialism 33\u003cbr\u003e 3. Patriarchal Power in the Pueblos 53\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Private Property Revolution 69\u003cbr\u003e 5. Gendered Contradictions of Liberalism: Ethnicity, Property, and Households 97\u003cbr\u003e 6. Debt Peonage in Diriomo: Forced Labor Revisited 110\u003cbr\u003e 7. Patriarchy and Peonage 149\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 164\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: History Matters—The Sandinistas’ Myth of Modernity 172\u003cbr\u003e Notes 181\u003cbr\u003e Glossary 213\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 217\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Who Controls the Past Controls the Future 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Theories of Capitalism, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity 17\u003cbr\u003e Index 239","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406040375639,"sku":"9780822336747","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822336747.jpg?v=1730494337","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/myths-of-modernity-9780822336747","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}