Liberalism As Utopia - The Rise and Fall of Legal Rule in Post-Colonial Mexico, 1820-1900

Informationen zum Autor Timo H. Schaefer received his Ph.D. in History from Indiana University. Between 2015 and 2017 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext This book explores the legal culture of nineteenth-century Mexico and explains why liberal institutions flourished in some social settings but not others. Zusammenfassung The book explores the creation of the post-colonial Mexican state by comparing the legal culture of mestizo towns! indigenous towns and agricultural estates (haciendas). More broadly! it is for readers interested in the social origins of liberalism and authoritarianism in the nineteenth-century world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Mestizo towns; 2. Family and legal order; 3. Haciendas; 4. Indigenous towns; 5. Dictatorship; Conclusion: law and exception in the making of modern Mexico.

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• Authors: Timo H. Schaefer, Timo H. (Brandeis University Schaefer, Timo H. (University of British Columbia Schaefer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781107190733
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19073-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies; Cambridge Latin American Studi; Cambridge Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mexico, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Latin America / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of the Americas