From liberal to revolutionary Oaxaca
Subtitle: the view from the south : Mexico, 1867-1911
By: Francie R. Chassen-López.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Oaxaca (Mexico : State) -- History -- 19th century.; Oaxaca (Mexico : State) -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "From Liberal to Revolutionary Oaxaca aims at finally setting Mexican history free of stereotypes about the southern state of Oaxaca, long portrayed as a traditional and backward society resistant to the forces of modernization and marginal to the Revolution. Chassen-Lopez challenges this view of Oaxaca as a negative mirror image of modern Mexico, presenting in its place a much more complex reality. Her analysis of the confrontations between Mexican liberals' modernizing projects and Oaxacan society, especially indigenous communal villages, reveals not only conflicts but also growing linkages and dependencies. She portrays them as engaging with and transforming each other in an ongoing process of contestation, negotiation, and compromise."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-608) and index.
Table of contents: title: "A thousand whistles"; title: From time immemorial to the Porfirian finca : the dilemma of land tenure; title: The commercialization of agriculture; title: The promoter's paradise : mining, industry, and commerce; title: Society, decent and otherwise; title: Indigenous usos y costumbres and state formation; title: The indigenous peoples of Oaxaca; title: Liberal politics; title: Porfirian politics; title: Precursor politics; title: Revolution in the south.