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This monumental work shows the resilience of the Indigenous communities of the Gran Nayar during the armed phase of the revolution and the first and second Cristero wars. Morris reveals that Indigenous Mexicans were neither a monolithic band of traditionalists fighting the outside world in a Guerra de Castas nor passive victims of soldiers and teachers. It stands as a significant contribution to the ethnohistory of modern Mexico. --Ben Fallaw, co-editor of State Formation in the Liberal Era This is a crucial book of understanding and appreciating one of the most important Indigenous regions of Mexico and for reevaluating the Mexican Revolution from the perspective of the different Indigenous peoples. It is an outstanding and inspiring achievement that draws on ethnographic research, previously unused archives, and the author's own conversations with Indigenous veterans and survivors of 'la revolucion.' --Philip E. Coyle, author of Nayari History, Politics, and Violence Nathaniel Morris's Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans in the Gran Nayar is an important new book that brings into focus both a long-neglected region and the active participation of indigenous peoples in the Mexican Revolution. --Julie Gibbings, H-LatAm

This book presents a fine example of ethnohistory at its best... An underlying strength of this book emanates from the author's in-depth knowledge of the region he sets out to elucidate to us...it is heartening to discover that a new generation of historians not only recognizes the vast potential of local history but engages with it in such a way as to maximise its full potential. --Keith Brewster, Journal of Latin American Studies This monumental work shows the resilience of the Indigenous communities of the Gran Nayar during the armed phase of the revolution and the first and second Cristero wars. Morris reveals that Indigenous Mexicans were neither a monolithic band of traditionalists fighting the outside world in a Guerra de Castas nor passive victims of soldiers and teachers. It stands as a significant contribution to the ethnohistory of modern Mexico. --Ben Fallaw, co-editor of State Formation in the Liberal Era This is a crucial book of understanding and appreciating one of the most important Indigenous regions of Mexico and for reevaluating the Mexican Revolution from the perspective of the different Indigenous peoples. It is an outstanding and inspiring achievement that draws on ethnographic research, previously unused archives, and the author's own conversations with Indigenous veterans and survivors of 'la revolucion.' --Philip E. Coyle, author of Nayari History, Politics, and Violence Nathaniel Morris's Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans in the Gran Nayar is an important new book that brings into focus both a long-neglected region and the active participation of indigenous peoples in the Mexican Revolution. --Julie Gibbings, H-LatAm

"""This book presents a fine example of ethnohistory at its best... An underlying strength of this book emanates from the author's in-depth knowledge of the region he sets out to elucidate to us...it is heartening to discover that a new generation of historians not only recognizes the vast potential of local history but engages with it in such a way as to maximise its full potential.""--Keith Brewster, Journal of Latin American Studies ""Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans is worthy of careful consideration by anyone interested in the Mexican Revolution, the politics and cultures of Indigenous peoples, peasant and hilldwelling societies, state-building, and civil wars.""--Joshua Simon, The Middle Ground Journal ""Many books have been written on the Mexican Revolution, and some on its aftermath (including the First and the Second Cristero Rebellions), but very few on what happened during that time in remote Indigenous regions of Mexico like the Gran Nayar. ... This book clearly shows that there are no peoples without history in the Gran Nayar.""--Johannes Neurath, Hispanic American Historical Review ""This monumental work shows the resilience of the Indigenous communities of the Gran Nayar during the armed phase of the revolution and the first and second Cristero wars. Morris reveals that Indigenous Mexicans were neither a monolithic band of traditionalists fighting the outside world in a Guerra de Castas nor passive victims of soldiers and teachers. It stands as a significant contribution to the ethnohistory of modern Mexico.""--Ben Fallaw, co-editor of State Formation in the Liberal Era ""This is a crucial book of understanding and appreciating one of the most important Indigenous regions of Mexico and for reevaluating the Mexican Revolution from the perspective of the different Indigenous peoples. It is an outstanding and inspiring achievement that draws on ethnographic research, previously unused archives, and the author's own conversations with Indigenous veterans and survivors of 'la revolución.'""--Philip E. Coyle, author of Náyari History, Politics, and Violence ""Nathaniel Morris's Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans in the Gran Nayar is an important new book that brings into focus both a long-neglected region and the active participation of indigenous peoples in the Mexican Revolution.""--Julie Gibbings, H-LatAm"

""This book presents a fine example of ethnohistory at its best... An underlying strength of this book emanates from the author's in-depth knowledge of the region he sets out to elucidate to us...it is heartening to discover that a new generation of historians not only recognizes the vast potential of local history but engages with it in such a way as to maximise its full potential.""--Keith Brewster, Journal of Latin American Studies ""Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans is worthy of careful consideration by anyone interested in the Mexican Revolution, the politics and cultures of Indigenous peoples, peasant and hilldwelling societies, state-building, and civil wars.""--Joshua Simon, The Middle Ground Journal ""Many books have been written on the Mexican Revolution, and some on its aftermath (including the First and the Second Cristero Rebellions), but very few on what happened during that time in remote Indigenous regions of Mexico like the Gran Nayar. ... This book clearly shows that there are no peoples without history in the Gran Nayar.""--Johannes Neurath, Hispanic American Historical Review ""This monumental work shows the resilience of the Indigenous communities of the Gran Nayar during the armed phase of the revolution and the first and second Cristero wars. Morris reveals that Indigenous Mexicans were neither a monolithic band of traditionalists fighting the outside world in a Guerra de Castas nor passive victims of soldiers and teachers. It stands as a significant contribution to the ethnohistory of modern Mexico.""--Ben Fallaw, co-editor of State Formation in the Liberal Era ""This is a crucial book of understanding and appreciating one of the most important Indigenous regions of Mexico and for reevaluating the Mexican Revolution from the perspective of the different Indigenous peoples. It is an outstanding and inspiring achievement that draws on ethnographic research, previously unused archives, and the author's own conversations with Indigenous veterans and survivors of 'la revolución.'""--Philip E. Coyle, author of Náyari History, Politics, and Violence ""Nathaniel Morris's Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans in the Gran Nayar is an important new book that brings into focus both a long-neglected region and the active participation of indigenous peoples in the Mexican Revolution.""--Julie Gibbings, H-LatAm

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Nathaniel Morris is a historian of modern Mexico. He researches revolutions, state formation, rural politics, and violence, and he specializes in Indigenous contributions to all four. He is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at University College London, where he is investigating the role of Indigenous militias in both the Mexican Revolution and Mexico's ongoing ""Drug War."" Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans is Morris's first book.

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