Contentious republicans : popular politics, race, and class in nineteenth-century Colombia /

Southwestern region of Colombia, a country many assume has never had a meaningful democracy of any sort. James E. Sanders describes a surprisingly rich republicanism characterized by legal rights and popular participation, and he explains how this vibrant political culture was created largely by com...

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Main Author: Sanders, James E., 1971-
Corporate Author: Duke University Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Series:Duke backfile
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • "We the undersigned, citizens of the state
  • " : three forms of popular republicanism
  • A new politics : the emergence of republican bargaining, 1848-1853
  • Fragmented hegemony : the limits of elite power, 1853-1863
  • The triumph of democracy, 1863-1876
  • Failure of discipline : the suppression of popular politics, 1875-1886.