{"product_id":"mexico-interrupted-labor-idleness-and-the-economic-imaginary-of-independence-hardcover","title":"Mexico, Interrupted: Labor, Idleness, and the Economic Imaginary of Independence - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSergio Guti駻rez Negr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexican independence was, in a sense, an economic event. Through economic concerns, elites created a common ground with non-elites in their demands against foreign domination, and independence was imagined by the lettered men of Mexico as a feat that would nationalize a rich and productive economic apparatus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMexico, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e investigates these economic hopes during the difficult decades between 1821, the year of the country's definite separation from Spain, and 1852, a period of political polarization after the US-Mexico War that led the country to the brink of another armed conflict. Drawing on political and popular media, this book studies the Mexican intelligentsia's obsession with labor and idleness in their attempts to create a wealthy, independent nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on figures of work and its opposites, \u003ci\u003eMexico, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs these decades' \"economic imaginaries of independence\" the political and cultural discourses that structured understandings, beliefs, and fantasies of the relationship between \"the economy\" and the life of an independent polity. By bringing together intellectual history, critical theory, and cultural studies, Guti駻rez Negr offers a new account of the Mexican nineteenth century and complicates the history of the \"spirit of capitalism\" in the Americas.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSergio Guti駻rez Negr\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780699423008,"sku":"9780826505545","price":179.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4b4d2bceefd60512c03b9c6a16cde80_08ff5794-9540-4f5c-898f-e521238d46eb.webp?v=1780534786","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mexico-interrupted-labor-idleness-and-the-economic-imaginary-of-independence-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}