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Of Wonders and Wise Men: Religion and Popular Cultures in Southeast Mexico, 1800-1876

Of Wonders and Wise Men: Religion and Popular Cultures in Southeast Mexico, 1800-1876 Hispanic American Historical Review 84:2 Copyright 2004 by Duke University Press Centeno supports his case by measuring the ability of a national government to collect taxes, raise troops, and establish effective bureaucracies, as well as to stir nationalist sentiments and disseminate a “coherent concept of nation.” North Atlantic nations outstripped their Latin American counterparts in their ability to tax, raise troops, and send millions to die fighting wars. Similarly, he measures the less tangible connections between states, their militaries, and broader civic patriotism by looking at the percentage of streets, currency, postage, and monuments dedicated to military heroes in Latin America in comparative perspective. Despite the militarist stereotypes of the region, Latin America comes up short in this area as well. Even though, as Centeno rightly notes, Latin American militaries remained “small and affected the lives of a relatively small percentage of any country’s population” (p. 237), one must remember there were no other national institutional entities that rivaled the military’s institutional capacity and reach into the lives of ordinary citizens. Centeno’s study suggests that we need to address the question of institutional fit or the timing and depth of institutional reform in Latin America and elsewhere more http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hispanic American Historical Review Duke University Press

Of Wonders and Wise Men: Religion and Popular Cultures in Southeast Mexico, 1800-1876

Hispanic American Historical Review , Volume 84 (2) – May 1, 2004

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Publisher
Duke University Press
Copyright
Copyright 2004 by Duke University Press
ISSN
0018-2168
eISSN
1527-1900
DOI
10.1215/00182168-84-2-357
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Abstract

Hispanic American Historical Review 84:2 Copyright 2004 by Duke University Press Centeno supports his case by measuring the ability of a national government to collect taxes, raise troops, and establish effective bureaucracies, as well as to stir nationalist sentiments and disseminate a “coherent concept of nation.” North Atlantic nations outstripped their Latin American counterparts in their ability to tax, raise troops, and send millions to die fighting wars. Similarly, he measures the less tangible connections between states, their militaries, and broader civic patriotism by looking at the percentage of streets, currency, postage, and monuments dedicated to military heroes in Latin America in comparative perspective. Despite the militarist stereotypes of the region, Latin America comes up short in this area as well. Even though, as Centeno rightly notes, Latin American militaries remained “small and affected the lives of a relatively small percentage of any country’s population” (p. 237), one must remember there were no other national institutional entities that rivaled the military’s institutional capacity and reach into the lives of ordinary citizens. Centeno’s study suggests that we need to address the question of institutional fit or the timing and depth of institutional reform in Latin America and elsewhere more

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Published: May 1, 2004

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