Delineating the Peace

Marking Oaxaca's State Boundaries, 1856-1912

Bibliographic Data

ID4018024
AuthorsDaniel Newcomer (corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume50
Issue2
Pages291-321
Publication date2018-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x17000426
OpenAlexW2604379829
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited42

This article analyses efforts by the state of Oaxaca to mark its border from 1856 to 1912. State officials hoped to demarcate a permanent border along the frontier as a way to delineate a peaceful ending to on-going boundary disputes, some of which allegedly dated to pre-Columbian times. The activity of marking Oaxaca's boundary effectively represented a literal process of Mexican state formation. Oaxaca officials attempted to negotiate the state's jurisdictional limits in cooperation with other federations as well as with their own citizens as they located the parameters of the state and the limits of its authority during the era

Boundary (topology) · Frontier · Geography · Negotiation · Political science · State (computer science) · Historical Studies in Latin America · Latin American history and culture · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America