Peasant and Nation: The Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru
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Book Overview
Peasant and Nation offers a major new statement on the making of national politics. Comparing the popular political cultures and discourses of postcolonial Mexico and Peru, Florencia Mallon provides a groundbreaking analysis of their effect on the evolution of these nation states. As political history from a variety of subaltern perspectives, the book takes seriously the history of peasant thought and action and the complexity of community politics...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520085051
ISBN13:9780520085053
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:496 Pages
Weight:1.54 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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A must read for anyone interested in nationalism
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Mallon's theory of "peasant nationalism" is thought provoking for anyone interested in the construction of nationalism. Her work is a great example of how comparative historical research in Latin America can yield new insights for historians in other fields. Not only is her work instructive for those interested in popular conceptions of what it means to be in a nation, but her narrative is well written and engaging
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