Political cultures in the Andes, 1750-1950

Author(s)

• Jacobsen, Nils
• Aljovín de Losada, Cristóbal

Bibliographic Information

Political cultures in the Andes, 1750-1950

edited by Nils Jacobsen and Cristóbal Aljovín de Losada

（Latin America otherwise）

Duke University Press, 2005

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-372) and index

Contents of Works

• The long and the short of it : a pragmatic perspective on political cultures, especially for the modern history of the Andes / Nils Jacobsen and Cristóbal Aljovín de Losada
• Is political culture good to think? / Alan Knight
• How interests and values seldom come alone, or : the utility of a pragmatic perspective on political culture / Nils Jacobsen and Cristóbal Aljovín de Losada
• Civilize or control? The lingering impact of thebourbon urban reforms / Charles F. Walker
• A break with the past? Santa cruz and the constitution / Cristóbal Aljovín de Losada
• The tax man cometh : local authorities and the battle over taxes in Peru, 1885-1906 / Carlos Contreras
• "Under the dominion of the Indian" : rural mobilization, the law, and revolutionary nationalism in Bolivia in the 1940s / Laura Gotkowitz
• "Free men of all colors" in New Granada : identity and obedience before independence / Margarita Garrido
• Silencing African descent : Caribbean Colombia and early nation building, 1810-1828 / Aline Helg
• The making of Ecuador's pueblo católico, 1861-1875 / Derek Williams
• Redeemed Indians, barbarized cholos : crafting neocolonial modernity in Liberal Bolivia, 1900-1910 / Brooke Larson
• Andean political imagination in the late eighteenth century / Sergio Serulnikov
• Public opinions and public spheres in late-nineteenth-century Peru : a multicolored web in a tattered cloth / Nils Jacobsen
• The local limitations to a national political movement : Gaitá and Gaitanismo in Antioquia / Mary Roldán
• Concluding remarks : Andean inflections of latin American political cultures / Nils Jacobsen and Cristóbal Aljovín de Losada

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A major contribution to debates about Latin American state formation, Political Cultures in the Andes brings together comparative historical studies focused on Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth. While highlighting patterns of political discourse and practice common to the entire region, these state-of-the-art histories show how national and local political cultures depended on specific constellations of power, gender and racial orders, processes of identity formation, and socioeconomic and institutional structures.The contributors foreground the struggles over democracy and citizens' rights as well as notions of race, ethnicity, gender, and class that have been at the forefront of political debates and social movements in the Andes since the waning days of the colonial regime some two hundred years ago. Among the many topics they consider are the significance of the Bourbon reform era to subsequent state-formation projects, the role of race and nation in the work of early-twentieth-century Bolivian intellectuals, the fiscal decentralization campaign in Peru following the devastating War of the Pacific in the late nineteenth century, and the negotiation of the rights of "free men of all colors" in Colombia's Atlantic coast region during the late colonial period. Political Cultures in the Andes includes an essay by the noted Mexicanist Alan Knight in which he considers the value and limits of the concept of political culture and a response to Knight's essay by the volume's editors, Nils Jacobsen and Cristobal Aljovin de Losada. This important collection exemplifies the rich potential of a pragmatic political culture approach to deciphering the processes involved in the formation of historical polities. Contributors. Cristobal Aljovin de Losada, Carlos Contreras, Margarita Garrido, Laura Gotkowitz, Aline Helg, Nils Jacobsen, Alan Knight, Brooke Larson, Mary Roldan, Sergio Serulnikov, Charles F. Walker, Derek Williams

Table of Contents

About the Series ix Acknowledgments xi The Long and the Short of It: A Pragmatic Perspective on Political Cultures, Especially for the Modern History of the Andes / Nils Jacobsen and Cristobal Aljovin de Losada 1 Is Political Culture Good to Think? / Alan Knight 25 How Interest and Values Seldom Come Alone, or: The Utility of a Pragmatic Perspective on Political Culture / Nils Jacobsen and Cristobal Aljovin de Losada 58 Part One State- and Nation-Building Projects and Their Limitations 69 Civilize or Control:? The Lingering Impact of Bourbon Urban Reforms / Charles F. Walker 74 A Break with the Past? Santa Cruz and the Constitution / Cristobal Aljovin de Losada 96 The Tax Man Cometh: Local Authorities and the Battle Over Taxes in Peru, 1885-1906 / Carlos Contreras 116 "Under the dominion of the Indian": Rural Mobilization, the Law, and Revolutionary Nationalism in Bolivia in the 1940s / Laura Gotkowitz 137 Part Two Ethnicity, Gender, and the Construction of Power: Exclusionary Strategies and the Struggle for Citizenship 159 "Free Men of All Colors" in New Granada: Identity and Obedience before Independence / Margarita Garrido 165 Silencing African Descent: Caribbean Columbia and Early Nation Building, 1810-1828 / Aline Helg 184 The Making of Ecuador's Pueblo Catolico, 1861-1875 / Derek Williams 207 Redeemed Indians, Barbarized Cholos: Crafting Neocolonial Modernity in Liberal Bolivia, 1900-1910 / Brooke Larson 230 Part Three The Local, the Peripheral, and the Network: Redefining the Boundaries of Popular Representation in Public Arena 253 Andean Political Imagination in the Late Eighteenth Century / Sergio Serulnikov 257 Public Opinions and Public Spheres in Late-Nineteenth-Century Peru: A Multicolored Web in a Tattered Cloth / Nils Jacobsen 278 The Local Limitations to a National Political Movement: Gaitan and Gaitansimo in Antioquia / Mary Roldan 301 Concluding Remarks: Andean Inflections of Latin American Political Cultures / Nils Jacobsen and Cristobal Aljovin de Losada 324 Bibliography 337 Contributors 373 Index 377

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Details

• NCID: BA7381846X
• ISBN:
  • 0822335034
  • 0822335158
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Durham [N.C.]
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 386 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JL1866
  • DC22 : 306.2/098/0903
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Political culture -- Andes Region -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Political culture -- Andes Region -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Political culture -- Andes Region -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Andes Region -- Politics and government -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Andes Region -- Politics and government -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Andes Region -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA32668967