{"product_id":"state-formation-in-the-liberal-era","title":"State Formation in the Liberal Era","description":"\u003ci\u003eState Formation in the Liberal Era \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a nuanced exploration of the uneven nature of nation making and economic development in Peru and Mexico. Zeroing in on the period from 1850 to 1950, the book compares and contrasts the radically different paths of development pursued by these two countries. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mexico and Peru are widely regarded as two great centers of Latin American civilization. In \u003ci\u003eState Formation in the Liberal Era,\u003c\/i\u003e a diverse group of historians and anthropologists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Latin America compare how the two countries advanced claims of statehood from the dawning of the age of global liberal capitalism to the onset of the Cold War. Chapters cover themes ranging from foreign banks to road building and labor relations. The introductions serve as an original interpretation of Peru’s and Mexico’s modern histories from a comparative perspective. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Focusing on the tensions between disparate circuits of capital, claims of statehood, and the contested nature of citizenship, the volume spans disciplinary and geographic boundaries. It reveals how the presence (or absence) of U.S. influence shaped Latin American history and also challenges notions of Mexico’s revolutionary exceptionality. The book offers a new template for ethnographically informed comparative history of nation building in Latin America. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Carlos Contreras \u003cbr\u003e Paulo Drinot \u003cbr\u003e Ben Fallaw \u003cbr\u003e David Nugent \u003cbr\u003e Thomas Passananti \u003cbr\u003e JosÉ Ragas \u003cbr\u003e Benjamin T. Smith \u003cbr\u003e Lewis Taylor \u003cbr\u003e Sarah Washbrook","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56673053147480,"sku":"9780816557240","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780816557240.jpg?v=1780118165","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/state-formation-in-the-liberal-era","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}