Peasant and Nation: The Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru

Peasant and Nation......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 9
MAPS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 18
1 Political History from Below Hegemony, the State, and Nationalist Discourses......Page 22
1 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, NATIONAL GUARDS, AND THE LIBERAL REVOLUTION IN THE SIERRA NORTE DE PUEBLA......Page 42
2 Contested Citizenship (1) Liberals, Conservatives, and Indigenous National Guards, 1850–1867......Page 43
The Definition of Sides......Page 45
Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, 1858–1861......Page 52
Liberal Guerrillas and the French Intervention: From Victory to Retreat, 1862–1865......Page 63
The Battle for the Eastern Highlands, 1865–1866......Page 70
Perched on the Edge of Victory: Alternative Nationalisms and the Reconstruction of Hegemony......Page 79
3 The Conflictual Construction of Community Gender, Ethnicity, and Hegemony......Page 83
The Community in the Nineteenth Century......Page 86
A Democratic Patriarchy: Popular Liberalism, Communal Hegemony, and the 1855 Revolution......Page 94
Betwixt and Between: National Guards, Liberal Repression, and the Reconstruction of Communal Power......Page 104
4 Alternative Nationalisms and Hegemonic Discourses Peasant Visions of the Nation......Page 109
Building the Boundaries: Populist Conservatism and Communitarian Liberalism......Page 111
Stretching the Boundaries: Conflict and Coalition, 1858–1867......Page 118
Shrinking the Boundaries: Reconstruction Through Repression During the Governor's Rebellion of 1868......Page 124
The Struggle Within: Alternative Nationalisms, National Guard Soldiers, and Communal Hegemony in 186.........Page 135
The Struggle for Land and Citizenship: Popular Liberalism and Communal Property, 1869–1872......Page 140
The Archaeology of Discourse: The Plan of La Noria in Regional Perspective......Page 149
2 COMMUNAL HEGEMONY AND NATIONALIST DISCOURSES IN MEXICO AND PERU......Page 154
5 Contested Citizenship (2) Regional Political Cultures, Peasant Visions of the Nation, and the Libe.........Page 155
El Sur, 1810–1855: The Problematic Construction of an Alternative Political Culture......Page 159
The Liberal Revolution in Morelos: The Genesis of an Alternative Nationalism, 1850–1855......Page 166
Radicalization and Repression, 1856–1860......Page 175
The Interventionist Interlude and Experiments with Imperial Politics, 1862–1867......Page 184
Hanging the Peasants Out to Dry: Alternative Nationalist Discourses During the Liberal Revolution, 1.........Page 192
6 From Citizen to Other National Resistance, State Formation, and Peasant Visions of the Nation in J.........Page 194
The Historical Construction of Alternatives: Junín to 1879......Page 196
Guerrilla Warfare and Peasant Visions of the Nation in Central Peru, 1881–1886......Page 203
The Failure of Hegemony in Junín: State Repression and Peasant Resistance, 1885–1895......Page 225
A Balance Sheet of Cacerismo: The Othering of the Peasant Guerrillas......Page 234
7 Communal Hegemony and Alternative Nationalisms Historical Contingencies and Limiting Cases......Page 238
Communal Hegemony, Regional Political Cultures, and National Coalitions: Morelos, Junín, and Puebla .........Page 239
The "National Question" and the Great Estate: Cajamarca as a Limiting Case......Page 248
Conclusion: Haciendas and Communities in the Making of National Politics......Page 260
3 ALTERNATIVE NATIONAL PROJECTS AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATE......Page 263
8 The Intricacies of Coercion Popular Political Cultures, Repression, and the Failure of Hegemony......Page 264
Popular Liberalism Versus Liberal Authority: Indigenous National Guards and the Consolidation of the.........Page 265
Pierolismo and Peasant Resistance in Junín, 1895–1902......Page 273
The Making of the State of Morelos, 1869–1876......Page 284
The Legacies of Repression: Regional Political Cultures and State Formation in Mexico and Peru......Page 290
9 Whose Bones Are They, Anyway, and Who Gets to Decide? Local Intellectuals, Hegemony, and Counterhe.........Page 293
Whose Bones Did They Become? The Triumph of an Official Story......Page 296
Mediators and Enforcers: Local Intellectuals in the Construction of Local Discourse......Page 302
Arenas of Argumentation: Ritual, Oral History, and Communal Hegemony......Page 311
Local Intellectuals and Official Stories: The Costs of Success and the Consequences of Failure......Page 320
10 Popular Nationalism and Statemaking in Mexico and Peru The Deconstruction of Community and Popula.........Page 327
Abbreviations......Page 348
Chapter 1. Political History from Below......Page 349
Chapter 2. Contested Citizenship (1)......Page 357
Chapter 3. The Conflictual Construction of Community......Page 382
Chapter 4. Alternative Nationalisms and Hegemonic Discourses......Page 393
Chapter 5. Contested Citizenship (2)......Page 410
Chapter 6. From Citizen to Other......Page 423
Chapter 7. Communal Hegemony and Alternative Nationalisms......Page 436
Chapter 8. The Intricacies of Coercion......Page 444
Chapter 9. Whose Bones are They, Anyway and Who Gets to Decide?......Page 458
Chapter 10. Popular Nationalism and Statemaking in Mexico and Feru......Page 464
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J......Page 477
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