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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the massive shift in Mexican political culture between the 18th and 19th centuries, asking how shifts in ideology initiated by elites played out in popular political culture and comparing the impact of political innovations on the culture of both Oaxacan indigenous peasants and Oaxacan urban plebeians.
Trade Review“
The Time of Liberty is a welcome and much needed addition to the literatures on popular political culture, indigenous politics, independence, and the first half-century of Mexico’s independent political life. It will be influential in debates on nineteenth-century Mexican history and more broadly."—Florencia E. Mallon, author of
Peasant and Nation: The Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru“
The Time of Liberty takes on the most important issues around Mexican independence and draws fundamentally important and transforming conclusions. It is the finest analysis yet written of politics and political culture before, during, and after Mexican independence.”—John Tutino, author of
From Insurrection to Revolution in Mexico: Social Bases of Agrarian Violence, 1750–1940“[A] pathbreaking study. . . . Guardino casts new light upon regional political life in Oaxaca in both the city and in the rural villages of Villa Alta. . . . [T]his fascinating study opens new windows to explain a regional political picture that until now has been quite murky.” -- Christon I. Archer * Hispanic American Historical Review *
“[T]his is an extremely important study of regional and national politics in Mexico. . . . By taking a broad view of politics, culture, and society during the formative period of nation-building in Mexico, Guardino offers a new perspective on peasant politics and on connections linking the village, region, and state.” -- Scott Eastman * Ethnohistory *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Society, Economy, and Politics in Colonial Antequera 19
2. Society, Economy, and Political Culture in Colonial Villa Alta 40
3. Bourbon Intentions and Subaltern Responses 91
4. Loyalty, Liberalism, War, and Independence 122
5. Oil and Vinegar: The Construction and Dissolution of Republican Order in the City of Oaxaca 156
6. The Reconstruction of Order in the Countryside 223
Conclusion 275
Notes 293
Bibliography 369
Index 395
