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Liberalism as utopia : the rise and fall of legal rule in post-colonial Mexico, 1820-1900 /

Liberalism as Utopia challenges widespread perceptions about the weakness of Mexico's nineteenth-century state. Schaefer argues that after the War of Independence non-elite Mexicans - peasants, day laborers, artisans, local merchants - pioneered an egalitarian form of legal rule by serving in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schaefer, Timo H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Colección:Cambridge Latin American studies ; 106.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover ; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Liberalism as Utopia; II Peasant and Nation; III Law and Revolution; 1 Mestizo Towns; I Politics; II Soldiers; III Patricians; IV Municipalities; 2 Family and Legal Order; I Families; II Recruitment; III The Civic Militia; IV Civil War; 3 Haciendas; I Land and Revolution; II Disorder; III Metamorphosis; IV Despots; V Regions of Refuge; 4 Indigenous Towns; I A Separate People; II Colonial Legacies; III Land Conflicts; 5 Dictatorship; I Mythologies; II Jefes Políticos; III PrivatizationIV Labor; V Local Courts; Conclusion: Law and Exception in the Making of Modern Mexico; Bibliography; Index.