Ethnicity and Class Conflict in Rural Mexico (eBook)

Frans J. Schryer (Autor)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6094-4 (ISBN)

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In this case study of a recent peasant uprising in an ethnically diverse region of Mexico, Frans Schryer addresses an important issue in the cultural history of Latin America: what is the relationship of class to ethnicity, and how do these two elements of cultural perception and social hierarchy reinforce or contradict each other? Examining the interaction between commercial cattle raisers and subsistence agricultural workers in both Nahua and Mestizo villages, Schryer focuses on how ethnic identities and administrative structures affect the form and outcome of agrarian struggles. He shows that class, culture, and social organization are interconnected but vary independently and demonstrates that communal land tenure and corporate structures are compatible with class differentiation and even overt class conflict within peasant communities. Schryer's data is based on archival research, direct observation, and extensive interviews with key actors involved in the conflict. His book traces the origins of local variations in legal status and ethnic relations back to the development of Indian republics, haciendas, and ranchos. By considering competing interpretations of more recent history, especially the CNBrdenas era, the author also provides insights into the mentality of protagonists involved in both ideological confrontations and armed encounters. What emerges is a detailed, comprehensive study that places as much emphasis on culture and discourse as on economic structures and political forces.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: abolitionism • Absenteeism • abuse of power • Agrarianism • agrarian reform • agrarian society • Agrarian System • Agriculture • Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • assassination • Aztec Empire • Bourgeoisie • Capitalism • Cargo System • caste • Charles Gibson (historian) • Chichimeca • civil disorder • class analysis • class conflict • class consciousness • class stratification • Collective farming • Colonialism • Communalism (political philosophy) • communal land • complex society • Conflict theories • Corruption • counter-revolutionary • Cultural Imperialism • dairy cattle • dirty politics • Drought • Economic Inequality • Economy of Mexico • Endogamy • ethnic conflict • Ethnic Studies • Expropriation • Failed State • feud • Guatemalan Revolution • guerrilla warfare • hunger strike • Iconoclasm • indigenous education • Industrial society • inferiority complex • Institutional Revolutionary Party • labor aristocracy • left-wing politics • Looting • Marxism • Mesoamerica • MESTIZO • Mexican Revolution • mexicans • Migrant worker • Militant (Trotskyist group) • miscegenation • Nahua peoples • Nahuatl • Neo-Marxism • Opposition Party • Oppression • peasant • Peasant movement • Persecution • Political prisoner • Political repression • political scandal • Political violence • Population decline • Population Transfer • Poverty • Protest • Radicalism (historical) • Reign of Terror • Revolution • ridicule • rural development • rural electrification • Rural Poverty • rural sociology • Second-Class Citizen • Slavery • Social Anthropology • Social Class • Social Inequality • Structural Marxism • Subversion • Tax • Tax Collector • tenant farmer • Unemployment • unrest • Valley of Mexico • violent struggle • war
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6094-6 / 1400860946
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6094-4 / 9781400860944