{"product_id":"the-time-of-liberty-9780822335085","title":"The Time of Liberty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzes 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Time of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePeasant and Nation: The Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Time of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eFrom Insurrection to Revolution in Mexico: Social Bases of Agrarian Violence, 1750–1940\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[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 *\u003cbr\u003e“[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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Society, Economy, and Politics in Colonial Antequera 19\u003cbr\u003e 2. Society, Economy, and Political Culture in Colonial Villa Alta 40\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bourbon Intentions and Subaltern Responses 91\u003cbr\u003e 4. Loyalty, Liberalism, War, and Independence 122\u003cbr\u003e 5. Oil and Vinegar: The Construction and Dissolution of Republican Order in the City of Oaxaca 156\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Reconstruction of Order in the Countryside 223\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 275\u003cbr\u003e Notes 293\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 369\u003cbr\u003e Index 395","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406037950807,"sku":"9780822335085","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822335085.jpg?v=1730494330","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-time-of-liberty-9780822335085","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}