Michael T. Ducey, Associate Professor &
Director of the International Studies major
Teaching Interests
I teach courses on Latin America, Mexico, and Latinos in the United States. The encounter between distinct societies is a central topic in my courses but it is also one of my objectives: I want students to experience history as a discovery of the other. I design my classes to inform students not only of the political and economic evolution of Latin American societies but also torecreat a worldview distinct from their own.
Research Interests
My recent book A Nation of Villages: Riot and Rebellion in the Mexican Huasteca, 1750 to 1850 <http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/BOOKS/bid1570.htm> describes how indigenous villagers participated in Mexico's difficult transition from colonial domination to republican rule. The book demonstrates how the rural majority shaped political outcomes in nineteenth century Mexico using the case study of the indigenous villages in the Huasteca region.
My current research project describes the shifts in popular political culture in nineteenth century Mexico by delving into municipal archives in the small towns of central Veracruz. The project uses examples from elections, conflict over town government, land tenure and daily life to illustrate what changed after Mexico’s independence.
EDUCATION
December 1992, University of Chicago, Ph.D. in History
May 1983, University of Colorado, B. A. in History
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Book
2004 A Nation of Villages: Riot and Rebellion in the Mexican Huasteca, 1750 to 1850. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Recent Articles and Book Chapters
2007, "Participacion popular en las elecciones de la tierra caliente veracruzana, 1813-35," in Juan Ortiz Escamilla y Jose Antonio Serrano Ortega (eds.), Ayuntamientos y liberalismo gaditano en Mexico. (Zamora, El Colegio de Michoacan and Universidad Veracruzana).
2007, "La comunidad liberal: Estrategias campesinas y la politica liberal durante la Republica Restaurada y el Porfiriato an Veracruz" in Brian Connaughton (ed.), Practicas populares, cultura politica y poder en Mexico: Continuidades y contrastes entre los siglos XVIII y XIX (Mexico City: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa).
2007, "Violencia, Poder y Gobierno: la administracion insurgente en los pueblos indigenas de la costa del barlovento, 1812-1820" en Juan Ortiz Escamilla (ed.), Revision historica de la Guerra de Independencia en Veracruz (Xalapa, Ver., Gobeierno del Estado de Veracruz).
2001, "Indian Communities and Ayuntamientos in the Mexican Huasteca: Sujeto Revolts, Pronunciamientos, and Caste War," The Americas. 57:4 (April 2001): 525-50.
1999, "Village, Nation, and Constitution. Insurgent Politics in Papantla, Veracruz, 1810-21" Hispanic American Historical Review. 79:3 (August): 463-93.
If you would like to like to see a full list of publications feel free to contact me.