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What happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This
apparently simple question frames "Spent Cartridges of Revolution",
an anthropological history of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Officially, the revolution of 1910-20 restored control over land
and local politics to the peasantry. But Namiquipan peasants, who
fought alongside Pancho Villa, have seen little progress and
consider themselves mere "spent cartridges" of a struggle that
benefited other classes. Daniel Nugent's approach combines an
emphasis on the peasants' own perceptions of Mexican society after
the revolution with an analysis of the organization and formation
of state power. He shows that popular discontent in Chihuahua is
motivated not only by immediate economic crises but by two
centuries of struggle between the people of Northern Mexico and the
government. Nugent discusses the relations of the rural class
structure, ideology and the state, while analyzing the particular
meanings of land, the labour process and politics for Namiquipans.
Weaving long-range history, current events, and anthropological and
social theory, this book challenges previous analyses of the
Mexican revolution.
"Rural Revolt in Mexico" is a historical investigation of how
subaltern political activity engages imperialism, capitalism, and
the United States. In this volume, Daniel Nugent has gathered a
group of leading scholars whose work examines the relationship of
revolts by peasants and Indians in Mexico to the past century of
U.S. intervention--from the rural rebellions of the 1840s through
the 1910 revolution to the 1994 uprising in Chiapas.
Through their studies of social movements and popular mobilization
in the Mexican countryside, the contributors argue for
understanding rural revolts in terms of the specific historical
contexts of particular regions and peoples, as well as the broader
context of unequal cultural, political, and economic relations
between Mexico and the United States. Exploring the connections
between external and internal factors in social movements, these
essays reveal the wide range of organized efforts through which
peasants and Indians have struggled to shape their own destiny
while confronted by the influence of U.S. capital and military
might. Originally published as a limited edition in 1988 by the
Center for U. S.-Mexican Studies, this volume presents a pioneering
effort by Latin Americanist scholars to sympathetically embrace and
enrich work begun in "Subaltern Studies" between 1982 and 1987 by
projecting it onto a different region of historical experience.
This revised and expanded edition includes a new introduction by
Daniel Nugent and an extensive essay by Adolfo Gilly on the recent
Chiapas uprising.
Everyday Forms of State Formation is the first book to
systematically examine the relationship between popular cultures
and state formation in revolutionary and post-revolutionary Mexico.
While most accounts have emphasized either the role of peasants and
peasant rebellions or that of state formation in Mexico's past,
these original essays reveal the state's day-to-day engagement with
grassroots society by examining popular cultures and forms of the
state simultaneously and in relation to one another. Structured in
the form of a dialogue between a distinguished array of Mexicanists
and comparative social theorists, this volume boldly reassesses
past analyses of the Mexican revolution and suggests new directions
for future study. Showcasing a wealth of original archival and
ethnographic research, this collection provides a new and deeper
understanding of Mexico's revolutionary experience. It also speaks
more broadly to a problem of extraordinary contemporary relevance:
the manner in which local societies and self-proclaimed
"revolutionary" states are articulated historically. The result is
a unique collection bridging social history, anthropology,
historical sociology, and cultural studies in its formulation of
new approaches for rethinking the multifaceted relationship between
power, culture, and resistance.Contributors. Ana Maria Alonso,
Armando Bartra, Marjorie Becker, Barry Carr, Philip Corrigan,
Romana Falcon, Gilbert M. Joseph, Alan Knight, Florencia E. Mallon,
Daniel Nugent, Elsie Rockwell, William Roseberry, Jan Rus, Derek
Sayer, James C. Scott
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