The Blood Contingent

The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, 1876–1911

By Stephen B. Neufeld
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
LIST PRICE $95.00

About The Book

This innovative social and cultural history explores the daily lives of the lowest echelons in president Porfirio Díaz's army through the decades leading up to the 1910 Revolution.

About The Author

Stephen B. Neufeld

Stephen B. Neufeld is a professor at California State University, Fullerton, where he teaches Latin American and Mexican history. His previous works include Mexico in Verse: A History of Music, Rhyme, and Power and The Blood Contingent: The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, 1876–1911 as well as numerous chapters and articles.

Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (April 15, 2017)
  • Length: 400 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826358042

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In addition to illuminating popular politics, he [Stephen Neufeld] offers the first cultural and social history of the Porfirian military, foregrounding the gendered and racialized experiences of nation-state formation.--Carlos R. Hernández, Latin American Research Review

Neufeld gives the text a powerful structure that dissects the army's social and cultural history.--Hispanic American Historical Review

Neufeld gives the text a powerful structure that dissects the army's social and cultural history.--Hispanic American Historical Review

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The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, 1876–1911

By Stephen B. Neufeld
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
LIST PRICE $95.00

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