Taming Chaos: Labor, Economy, and Society in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

• Elizabeth Terese Newman ^[1]
  1. [1] Department of History,Stony Brook University,Stony Brook,U.S.A.
• Localización: Historical Archaeology, ISSN 0440-9213, Vol. 53, Nº. 3-4, 2019, págs. 722-739
• Idioma: inglés
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  • During the 19th century, Mexico was embroiled in social and economic turmoil. Faced with the same problems shared by many young nations, Mexico’s elite needed to find a way to rein in the chaos and create a unified, stable, and modern citizenry. Drawing on archival and archaeological data, this article explores the economic and social instability faced by rural landowners in central Mexico’s Valley of Atlixco and discusses a strategic solution to these problems. By examining changes in the architectural layout of the Hacienda San Miguel Acocotla, I demonstrate that rural landowners attempted to transform the very identities of their workers by implementing programs of modernization that not only affected their work habits, but also their home lives.