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Indigenous citizens

Karen Deborah Caplan · 2009

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This analysis challenges the commonly held assumption that early nineteenth-century Mexican state-building was a failure of liberalism. By comparing the experiences of two Mexican states, Oaxaca and Yucatán, it shows how the institutions and ideas associated with liberalism became deeply entrenched in Mexico's regions, but only on locally acceptable terms. Faced with the common challenge of incorporating new institutions into political life, Mexicans - be they indigenous villagers, government officials, or local elites - negotiated ways to make those institutions compatible with a range of local interests.

Book details

Year
2009
Language
English
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Editions
1
Pages
289
ISBN
9780804757645

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