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THE MEXICAN EXPERIENCE

William H. Beezley, series editor

The Politics of State

Formation in

Postrevolutionary

Oaxaca

University of Nebraska Press

Lincoln & London

Manufactured in the United States of America

A part of chapter 4 originally appeared as “Defending ‘Our

Beautiful Freedom’: State Formation and Local Autonomy in

Oaxaca, 1930–1940,” Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos

University of California Institute for Mexico and the United

States, and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Reprinted with permission.

A part of chapter 5 originally appeared as “Inventing Tradi-

tion at Gunpoint: Culture, Caciquismo and State Formation

in the Region Mixe, Oaxaca (1930–1959),” Bulletin of Latin

American Research 27, no. 2 (April 2008): 215–34. Published

by Wiley-Blackwell. Reprinted with permission.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smith, Benjamin T.

Pistoleros and popular movements : the politics of state

formation in postrevolutionary Oaxaca / Benjamin T. Smith.

p. cm. — (The Mexican experience)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8032-2280-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Oaxaca (Mexico : State)—Politics and government—

20th century. 2. Oaxaca (Mexico : State)—History—20th

century. 3. Social movements—Mexico—Oaxaca (State)—

History—20th century. 4. Central-local government rela-

tions—Mexico—History—20th century. 5. Federal govern-

ment—Mexico—History—20th century. 6. Government,

Resistance to—Mexico—Oaxaca (State)—History—20th

century. I. Title.

F1321.S64 2009

972'.74082—dc22

2008055277

Benjamin T. Smith - Pistoleros and Popular Movements, The Politics of State Formation in Postrevolutionary Oaxaca (2009).pdf