New approaches to regional history : Recent themes and perspectives
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Regional history, New historical approaches, Colonial altarpiece art, New Spain period , New Spain's northern border , 18th-century cartographic territory , Women of Nuevo Santander , Historiographical review, Free fugitives , Slaves, Privateering, Walix, Yucatán , Aguascalientes , Great Famine , Nineteenth-century electoral practices , Zacatecas , Town councils, Municipal-state political relations , French people in Puebla , Foreigners, Smallpox epidemic , Long-term crisis, Mezcal producers, Martínez family, Tequila, Jalisco, Water, Power, San Bartolo, Plan Michoacán , Education legislation , Domination, Resistance, Married women in the 19th century, Oaxaca, 19th-century Zacatecan literature, Fernando Calderón, Josefina Letechipía, Porfiriato in León , Cultural practices , Books for students , School of Agriculture , Porfirian musical culture , Political instrument , National identity of the Mexican state , Band of the 8th Cavalry Regiment , Sensationalism, Zacatecas press, 20th century , Socialist pedagogical institutionalization, Social revolution, Peasant groups, Local political conflicts, Zacatecas cristero war, Cristero War , Demon , Convent of the Incarnate Word , Querétaro , Church-State relations, Biography, Priest Maximino Pozos, Massacre of trade unionists, Hacienda de Chaparro, Eastern Michoacán , Masonic ties , Aguascalientes-Zacatecas, Portrait aesthetics , Studio photography , Trends and anomalies, Portraits of men, De Luna Photography Studio, Conchita Anaya , Travel Cultural capital, Azteca Theater-Cinema , San Luis Potosí , Architectural heritage , Poetry, Poetry by women from Aguascalientes , Oliva Fernández de Córdova , María de la Luz Carrillo Aguilar, Teaching and poetry , Graphoscopy , Ownership of paleontological samples , Oswaldo Mooser CollectionSynopsis
Since Luis González y González published his seminal book People on tenterhooks in the College of Mexico in 1968, the so-called current of microhistory, historia matria or historia regional, has developed in our country in an exponential way. A new look and a new historiographical stance, very different from the one cultivated from the center, embarked on its own paths. Luis González taught us in his book The Craft of History that it is well worth carrying out research that is limited to a small territorial space trying to delve into a long period of time; documentary supports are fundamental, but it is necessary to resort to other types of sources, even oral ones, always making a critique of them.
In this order of ideas, the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes has been holding the Regional History Seminar since 2006. For its XV edition (September 28 and 29, 2023), there was a copious participation of researchers from different institutions in the country and even abroad, which motivated the publication of a book that would bring together the best works, those that with their pertinent adaptations test diverse historiographical methodologies.
Returning to these concerns, this volume aims to make available to the reading public and the academic community in general a series of recently produced texts in the historical discipline and to continue the debate on regional history. Although they do not do so consciously, all of them seek to break with the excessively capital-like character –that is, from the center. These are works carried out by historians who seek to reorient the gaze, from the regional perspective, with themes that represent different regions and states of the republic, in limited geographical spaces.
The result of the above is the present work, which is made up of 31 chapters grouped into five sections, which obey both chronological and thematic considerations. The first section entitled "New Spanish Era" is made up of five chapters. The second part or block is dedicated to the "Nineteenth Century. Political and economic dynamics", and is made up of six works that refer to regions of Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Puebla, Jalisco and Michoacán. " Nineteenth Century. Education, culture and society" is the third block and is comprised of six chapters. The fourth part is entitled "Twentieth century. Cristero War, social movements and freemasonry". The fifth and last section is called "Twentieth Century. Society, heritage and culture", and like the previous one, it is made up of seven texts. All the chapters that comprise this volume resort to different explanatory frameworks, use regional history as a tool, and discover new veins of research.
Thanks to regional history, there is less and less historiographical centralization and, little by little, it contributes to the formation of a more inclusive national history, taking into account particular visions from other contexts, regardless of the territorial dimensions and the cohesion of tiny groups. In short, the debate is still open and it is necessary to continue dialogue, discussion and confronting our ideas in order to understand the historical processes from the regions of Mexico. It is neither possible nor desirable to stop.
Chapters
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Prologue
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NEW SPAIN ERA
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The town of Aguascalientes: an enclave of New Spain altarpiece art in the region?
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The northern border of New SpainThe cartographic territory at the end of the 18th century
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Women in New Santander in the 18th centuryA historiographical review
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Free fugitives and slave captives: the Africans of Walix in Yucatán (1760–1783)
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The Great Famine in the Parish of Aguascalientes, 1785–1786
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19th CENTURYPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
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Electoral practices in Zacatecas. 1812–1824New scenarios, same actors
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The town councils of Zacatecas and their political relationship with the central authority of the state, 1821–1830
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Few, but notable: the French in the Puebla region (1821–1830)
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The smallpox epidemic of 1850–1851 in the district of AguascalientesA long-lasting crisis
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Producers and advocates of mezcal spiritThe Martínez family, from Tequila (1803–1880)
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Water and power in the Plan de San Bartolo, Michoacán: 1865–1910
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19th CENTURYEDUCATION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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Educational legislation in Zacatecas. 1814–1868
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Domination and resistance of married women in the 19th century: the case of the city of Oaxaca
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Dreams of successTwo scenes in nineteenth-century Zacatecan literature: Fernando Calderón and Josefina Letechipía
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Doing and doing things in León during the Porfiriato: an approach to cultural practices
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Books adapted for students at the School of AgricultureAguascalientes, 19th century
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Musical culture during the PorfiriatoA political instrument in shaping the national identity of the Mexican State: the band of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, its history and connections
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20th CENTURYTHE CRISTERO WAR, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND FREEMASONRY
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Sensationalism in the Zacatecan press in the early decades of the 20th century: a preliminary approach
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The history of the institutionalisation of socialist pedagogy in Mexico and Zacatecas
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In the name of social revolution: the role of peasant groups in local political conflicts and the Cristero War in Zacatecas, 1920–1929
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The Demon in the ConventThe conflict at the Convent of the Incarnate Word in Querétaro (1924–1931)
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Church-State relations in Mexico in biographical termsThe life and ministry of Maximino Pozos, priest from Jalisco (1892–1966)
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The massacre of trade unionists at the Chaparro estate in eastern Michoacán: 13 August 1938
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Aguascalientes-Zacatecas: Masonic and political ties in the 20th century
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20th CENTURYSOCIETY, HERITAGE AND CULTURE
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The aesthetics of portraitureStudio photography in Aguascalientes (1820–1920)
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Trends and anomalies in portraits of men by the De Luna Photography Studio, second half of the 20th century
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Conchita Anaya and her relationship with travelCultural capital and cultural practices of a laguense pianist
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The Azteca theatre-cinema in the city of San Luis PotosíThe story of a lost architectural heritage
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Seeking opportunity through sheer willpower
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Teaching and poetry: parallel or converging paths?
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The use of graphoscopy to establish the ownership of paleontological samples belonging to Oswaldo Mooser's collection

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