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From Subjects to Citizens - Ppr.

From Subjects to Citizens - Ppr.

Chambers, Sarah C.

Paperback

AnthropologyGeneral Political ScienceSouth American History

ISBN10: 0271019026
ISBN13: 9780271019024
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Dec 15 1999
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.98 Depth: 8.93
Language: English

Offering a corrective to previous views of Spanish-American independence, this book shows how political culture in Peru was dramatically transformed in this period of transition and how the popular classes as well as elites played crucial roles in this process.

Honor, underpinning the legitimacy of Spanish rule and a social hierarchy based on race and class during the colonial era, came to be an important source of resistance by ordinary citizens to repressive action by republican authorities fearful of disorder. Claiming the protection of their civil liberties as guaranteed by the constitution, these honorable citizens cited their hard work and respectable conduct in justification of their rights, in this way contributing to the shaping of republican discourse. Prominent politicians from Arequipa, familiar with these arguments made in courtrooms where they served as jurists, promoted at the national level a form of liberalism that emphasized not only discipline but also individual liberties and praise for the honest working man.

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