Overview
Rural Revolt in Mexico is a historical investigation of how subaltern political activity engages imperialism, capitalism, and the United States. In this volume, Daniel Nugent has gathered a group of leading scholars whose work examines the relationship of revolts by peasants and Indians in Mexico to the past century of U.S. intervention-from the rural rebellions of the 1840s through the 1910 revolution to the 1994 uprising in Chiapas. Through their studies of social movements and popular mobilization in the Mexican countryside, the contributors argue for understanding rural revolts in terms of the specific historical contexts of particular regions and peoples, as well as the broader context of unequal cultural, political, and economic relations between Mexico and the United States. Exploring the connections between external and internal factors in social movements, these essays reveal the wide range of organized efforts through which peasants and Indians have struggled to shape their own destiny while confronted by the influence of U.S. capital and military might. Originally published as a limited edition in 1988 by the Center for U. S.–Mexican Studies, this volume presents a pioneering effort by Latin Americanist scholars to sympathetically embrace and enrich work begun in Subaltern Studies between 1982 and 1987 by projecting it onto a different region of historical experience. This revised and expanded edition includes a new introduction by Daniel Nugent and an extensive essay by Adolfo Gilly on the recent Chiapas uprising.
Full Product Details
Author: Daniel Nugent ,
Donald Nugent ,
William Roseberry
Publisher: Duke University Press
Imprint: Duke University Press
Weight: 0.966kg
ISBN: 9780822320869
ISBN 10: 082232086
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 12 June 1998
Audience:
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Given its wide interdisciplinary scope and its combination of current relevance with deep historical knowledge, it is safe to say that this book will be welcomed in many quarters.""—Paul Friedrich, University of Chicago ""This is the best country-focused collection of essays available on rural politics and peasant movements in Latin America.""—Leon Zamosc, University of California at San Diego
Given its wide interdisciplinary scope and its combination of current relevance with deep historical knowledge, it is safe to say that this book will be welcomed in many quarters. -Paul Friedrich, University of Chicago This is the best country-focused collection of essays available on rural politics and peasant movements in Latin America. -Leon Zamosc, University of California at San Diego
"This is the best country-focused collection of essays available on rural politics and peasant movements in Latin America."—Leon Zamosc, University of California at San Diego
The strength of this book lies in the careful arguments that each author makes to demonstrate the close connection between Mexican rural politics, social history, and U.S. economic and political interests. Taken together, the reader will better comprehend the forces that continue to shape local and national issues in Mexico and in the United States. <br>--Cheleen Mahar, Sociocultural Anthropology
""Given its wide interdisciplinary scope and its combination of current relevance with deep historical knowledge, it is safe to say that this book will be welcomed in many quarters.""-Paul Friedrich, University of Chicago ""This is the best country-focused collection of essays available on rural politics and peasant movements in Latin America.""-Leon Zamosc, University of California at San Diego
Author Information
Daniel Nugent (1954–1997) was a professor of anthropology and Latin American studies, a managing editor of the Journal of Historical Sociology, and coeditor of Everyday Forms of State Formation, also published by Duke University Press.
