Indigenous Autocracy
When General Porfirio Díaz assumed power in 1876, he ushered in Mexico''s first prolonged period of political stability and national economic growth—though "progress" came at the cost of democracy. Indigenous Autocracy presents a new story about how regional actors negotiated between national authoritarian rule and local circumstances by explaining how an Indigenous person held state-level power i...
When General Porfirio Díaz assumed power in 1876, he ushered in Mexico''s first prolonged period of political stability and national economic growth—though "progress" came at the cost of democracy. Indigenous Autocracy presents a new story about how regional actors negotiated between national authoritarian rule and local circumstances by explaining how an Indigenous person held state-level power i...
