Mestizo State: Reading Race in Modern Mexico

by Joshua Lund

The Mestizo State examines how the ideas, images, and public discourse around race, nation, and citizen formation have been transformed in Mexico from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Starting with the Porfiriato, Joshua Lund investigates the rise of a racialized "mestizo state," its reinvention after the Mexican Revolution, and its mobilization as a critical lever that would act both on behalf of and against mainstream Mexican...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816656371
• ISBN13: 9780816656370
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"