Muddied Waters - Race, Region, and Local History in Colombia, 1846-1948

"Muddied Waters" is an outstanding contribution to the history of race and colonization in modern Colombia. It invites revision of current interpretations of Colombian and Latin American regionalism."--Marco Palacios, coauthor of "Colombia: Fragmented Land, Divided Society"

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Riosucio: Race, Colonization, Region, and Community 1

Part I. Country of Regions, 1946–1886

1. Beauty and the Beast: Antioquia and Cauca 31

2. “Accompanied by Progress”: Cauca Intermediaries and Antioqueno Migration 52

3. “By Consent of the Indigenas”: Riosucio’s Indigenous Communities 80

Part 2. The White Republic, 1886–1930

4. Regenerating Riosucio: Regeneration and the Transition to Conservative Rule 107

5. Regenerating Conflict: Riosucio’s Indigenas in the White Republic 124

6. Riosucio on the Margins of the “Model Department” 142

Part 3. Remembering Race, Region, and Community

7. Remembering Riosucio: Imagining a Mestizo Community 167

8. Remembering San Lorenzo: Imagining an Indigenous Community 184

Conclusion: Reimagining Region and Nation 206

Notes 221

Bibliography 267

Index 287

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Nancy P. Appelbaum

Zusammenfassung

Colombia's western Coffee Region is renowned for the whiteness of its inhabitants, who are often described as respectable pioneer families who domesticated a wild frontier and planted coffee on the forested slopes of the Andes. This book examines both of these legends.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Appelbaum, Nancy P Appelbaum, Nancy P. Appelbaum, Nancy P. Appelbaum
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 07.04.2003
• EAN: 9780822330929
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3092-9
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 162 mm x 231 mm x 20 mm
• Gewicht: 435 g
• Serien: Latin America Otherwise: Langu; Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Südamerika, History - General History, HISTORY / Latin America / South America