{"product_id":"political-cultures-in-the-andes-17501950-9780822335030","title":"Political Cultures in the Andes 17501950","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollection of essays explores the processes by which political power was constructed in four Andean republics--Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia--during the two formative centuries of nation-state formation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePolitical Cultures in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary book, one of those books that both provides fresh perspectives and brings together significant trends that have been in the air recently. The volume is full of provocative and interesting essays. This is a must-read for historians interested in the Andes or politics in Latin America more generally.”—Peter Guardino, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Time of Liberty: Popular Political Culture in Oaxaca, 1750–1850\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[The issues] are fascinating and central to any understanding of power relations in Latin American societies. For those interested in the struggle, this book is an excellent place to start. It should stimulate animated discussions in upper-level courses and graduate seminars.” -- W. John Green * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Series ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e The Long and the Short of It: A Pragmatic Perspective on Political Cultures, Especially for the Modern History of the Andes \/ Nils Jacobsen and Cristobal Aljovin de Losada 1\u003cbr\u003e Is Political Culture Good to Think? \/ Alan Knight 25\u003cbr\u003e How Interest and Values Seldom Come Alone, or: The Utility of a Pragmatic Perspective on Political Culture \/ Nils Jacobsen and Cristobal Aljovin de Losada 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e State- and Nation-Building Projects and Their Limitations 69\u003cbr\u003e Civilize or Control:? The Lingering Impact of Bourbon Urban Reforms \/ Charles F. Walker 74\u003cbr\u003e A Break with the Past? Santa Cruz and the Constitution \/ Cristobal Aljovin de Losada 96\u003cbr\u003e The Tax Man Cometh: Local Authorities and the Battle Over Taxes in Peru, 1885–1906 \/ Carlos Contreras 116\u003cbr\u003e “Under the dominion of the Indian”: Rural Mobilization, the Law, and Revolutionary Nationalism in Bolivia in the 1940s \/ Laura Gotkowitz 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ethnicity, Gender, and the Construction of Power: Exclusionary Strategies and the Struggle for Citizenship 159\u003cbr\u003e “Free Men of All Colors” in New Granada: Identity and Obedience before Independence \/ Margarita Garrido 165\u003cbr\u003e Silencing African Descent: Caribbean Columbia and Early Nation Building, 1810–1828 \/ Aline Helg 184\u003cbr\u003e The Making of Ecuador’s Pueblo Catolico, 1861–1875\u003cb\u003e \/\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Williams 207\u003cbr\u003e Redeemed Indians, Barbarized Cholos: Crafting Neocolonial Modernity in Liberal Bolivia, 1900–1910 \/\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eBrooke Larson 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Three\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Local, the Peripheral, and the Network: Redefining the Boundaries of Popular Representation in Public Arena 253\u003cbr\u003e Andean Political Imagination in the Late Eighteenth Century \/ Sergio Serulnikov 257\u003cbr\u003e Public Opinions and Public Spheres in Late-Nineteenth-Century Peru: A Multicolored Web in a Tattered Cloth \/ Nils Jacobsen 278\u003cbr\u003e The Local Limitations to a National Political Movement: Gaitan and Gaitansimo in Antioquia \/ Mary Roldan 301\u003cbr\u003e Concluding Remarks: Andean Inflections of Latin American Political Cultures \/ Nils Jacobsen and Cristobal Aljovin de Losada 324\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 337\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 373\u003cbr\u003e Index 377","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406037885271,"sku":"9780822335030","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822335030.jpg?v=1730494330","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/political-cultures-in-the-andes-17501950-9780822335030","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}