Producing Modernity in Mexico - Labour, Race, and the State in Chiapas, 1876-1914

Informationen zum Autor Dr Sarah Washbrook (B.Soc. Sci., M.Phil., D.Phil.) studied Political Science and Sociology at the University of Birmingham before going on to complete a Master's degree in Latin American Studies and a D.Phil in Modern History at St Antony's College, Oxford. She is currently a British Academy postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford Klappentext This major regional study analyses the politics of the state and the history of land tenure and rural labour in Chiapas, Mexico, in 1876 to 1914. It provides a case study of tropical plantation development and labour relations and contributes to the growing history of indigenous peoples in Latin America. Zusammenfassung This major regional study analyses the politics of the state and the history of land tenure and rural labour in Chiapas, Mexico, in 1876 to 1914. It provides a case study of tropical plantation development and labour relations and contributes to the growing history of indigenous peoples in Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: The Colonial Period and the First Fifty Years of Independence 1: On the Border: Chiapas, between Empire and Republic 2: Post-independence Politics and Land: From the Community to Agrarian Servitude Part 2: Politics, Race and State Building, 1876-1914 3: The Politics of Porfirian Chiapas, 1870-1914 4: Modernization, Race and the State 5: Building the Porfirian State: Administrative Centralization, Indian Communities and the 'Reinvention of Tradition' Part 3: Labour, Export Development and Landed Power, 1876-1914 6: Land Privatization and Agrarian Relations in Chiapas during the Porfiriato 7: "Disguised Slavery": Debt Peonage in Chiapas, 1876-1914 8: Debt Peonage and Regional Export Development: Pichucalco, Chilón, Palenque and Soconusco, 1876-1914 Conclusion

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sarah Washbrook, Sarah (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Washbrook, Washbrook Sarah
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.02.2012
• EAN: 9780197264973
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726497-3
• Pages: 400
• Thèmes: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral F
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Ethnologie > Ethnologie; Mexico, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: work & labour, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General