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Popular Democracy, Conservative Liberalism: The Practice of Politics in the Nineteenth Century

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Questions

  • How democratic were Latin America’s post-Independence nations?
  • Who participated in politics, and in what ways?
  • What was liberalism and how did it change over the century?
  • How did issues of race and slavery affect the development of Latin America’s post-Independence nations?
  • How do you think historians' interpretations of popular political participation have changed over time?
  • (if you like): how did 'your' adopted country compare to these general trends?

Required Reading: at least ONE of:

Optional Primary Sources:

Additional Reading

  • José Murilo de Carvalho, "Political Elites and Statebuilding: The Case of Nineteenth-Century Brazil," Comparative Studies in Society and History, 42:3 (July 1982): 378-399.

  • Emilia Viotti da Costa, The Brazilian Empire: Myths and Histories (University of North Carolina Press, 2000 [1985], esp. chapter 3, "Liberalism: Theory and Practice," pp. 53-77
  • Carlos A Foment, Democracy in Latin America, 1750-1900, Chapters 1 and 2, 1-36
  • Will Fowler (ed.), Malcontents, Rebels, and Pronunciados: The Politics of Insurrection in Nineteenth Century Mexico
  • Peter Guardino, “Barbarism or Republican Law? Guerrero's Peasants and National Politics, 1820-1846,” Hispanic American Historical Review
  • Richard Graham, Patronage and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Brazil (1994), Chapter 4: "The Theatre of Elections," pp. 101-121
  • Cecilia Méndez, The plebeian republic : the Huanta rebellion and the making of the Peruvian state, 1820-1850
  • Terry Rugeley, “Rural Political Violence and the Origins of the Caste War,” Americas,
  • Terry Rugeley, Yucatán's Maya peasantry and the origins of the Caste War
  • Florencia Mallon, Peasant and Nation
  • James E. Sanders, “Atlantic Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century Colombia: Spanish America's Challenge to the Contours of Atlantic History,” Journal of World History, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Mar., 2009), pp. 131-150
  • Guy P. C. Thomson, “Bulwarks of Patriotic Liberalism: The National Guard, Philharmonic Corps and Patriotic Juntas in Mexico, 1847-88,” Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Feb., 1990), pp. 31-68
  • Guy P. C. Thomson, “Popular Aspects of Liberalism in Mexico, 1848-1888, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol. 10, No. 3 (1991), pp. 265-292
  • John Tutino, “The Revolution in Mexican Independence: Insurgency and the Renegotiation of Property, Production, and Patriarchy in the Bajío, 1800-1855,” Hispanic American Historical Review
  • Matthias Rohrig Assuncao, ‘Elite Politics and Popular Rebellion in the Construction of the Post Colonial Order. The Case of Maranhao, Brazil (1820-41) Journal of Latin American Studies, 31 1999
  • Hendrik Kraay, “As Terrifying as Unexpected”: The Bahian Sabinada, 1837-1838,” Hispanic American Historical Review, 72:4 (Nov 1992): 501-27
  • Leslie Bethell, ed. Brazil: Empire and Republic, chapter 2 [e-book @ Library]
  • João José Reis, “Slave Resistance in Brazil: Bahia, 1807-1835,” Luso-Brazilian Review, 25:1 (1988).
  • •Hendrik Kraay, “Between Brazil and Bahia: Celebrating Dois de Julho in Nineteenth-Century Salvador,” Journal of Latin American Studies, 31:2 (1999): 255-86
  • As If she were Free: A Collective Biography of Women and Emancipation in the Americas, eds. Erica Ball, Tatiana Seijas, Terry Snyder, 2020, Introduction.