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:
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Ana María Otero-Cleves. "Popular Consumers, Foreign Goods, and Political Recognition in Mid-Nineteenth Century Colombia." In Histories of Solitude : Colombia, 1820s-1970s. Britto, L. & López-Pedreros, A. R. (eds.). Routledge (Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas). Pp 141-162
- Camillia Cowling and Celso Castilho, "Funding Freedom, Popularizing Politics: Abolitionism and Local Emancipation Funds in 1880s Brazil," co-authored with Celso Castilho, Luso-Brazilian Review, 47:1 (Spring 2010): 89-120 (Brazil)
- Peter Guardino, “Barbarism or Republican Law? Guerrero's Peasants and National Politics, 1820-1846,” Hispanic American Historical Review (Mexico)
- James E. Sanders, "Citizens of a Free People": Popular Liberalism and Race in Nineteenth-Century Southwestern Colombia, Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 84, No. 2 (May, 2004), pp. 277-313 (Colombia)
Optional Primary Sources:
- Guillermo Prieto,Memorias de mis tiempos (extract) trans.Tim Henderson in Gilbert M. Joseph and Tim Henderson (eds.) The Mexico Reader. Durham/London: Duke, 2002.
- The Male Revolt in Green, James N., Langland, Victoria and Moritz Schwarcz, Lilia. The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2019. https://0-doi-org.pugwash.lib.warwick.ac.uk/10.1515/9780822371793
- Soledad Acosta de Samper, A Girl's View of War in the Capital in Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, et al. (eds.)The Colombia Reader : History, Culture, Politics Duke University Press, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/warw/detail.action?docID=4760879.
Additional Reading
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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.