The time of liberty : popular political culture in Oaxaca, 1750-1850 /

Between 1750 and 1850 Spanish American politics underwent a dramatic cultural shift as monarchist colonies gave way to independent states based at least nominally on popular sovereignty and republican citizenship. In "The Time of Liberty," Peter Guardino explores the participation of subal...

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Main Author: Guardino, Peter, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, ©2005.
Series:Latin America otherwise
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Society, economy, and politics in colonial Antequera
  • Society, economy, and political culture in colonial Villa Alta
  • Bourbon intentions and subaltern responses
  • Loyalty, liberalism, war, and independence
  • Oil and vinegar: the construction and dissolution of republican order in the city of Oaxaca
  • The reconstruction of order in the countryside
  • Conclusion.