Books
Pistoleros and Popular Movements: The Politics of State Formation in Postrevolutionary Oaxaca
How the Mexican Revolution came to Mexico’s most diverse, indigenous state. And the politicians, peasants, village strongmen, and market women who shaped it.
The Roots of Conservatism in Mexico: Catholicism, Society, and Politics in the Mixteca Baja, 1750-1962
An ethnohistorical study of why peasants from the Mixteca Baja refused to take up arms in favor of Mexican Independence, Reform, or Revolution. And why they opted, instead, to support the Catholic church and the national conservative parties.
"A landmark study of rural Mexican society. Essential."—Choice
The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940–1976: Stories from the Newsroom, Stories from the Street
The story of the explosion of Mexico’s newspaper industry, the state that tried to censor it, and the journalists and readers that refused to be muzzled.
Winner of the LASA Howard Cline Award
“…cleverly conceived and organized, perceptively written, and completely captivating.” The Americas
Edited volumes
(with Paul Gillingham) Dictablanda: Politics, Work, and Culture in Mexico, 1938–1968
A collection of essays on the creation of the Mexican PRI state.
(with Wil Pansters and Peter Watt), Beyond the Drug War in Mexico
Human rights, the public sphere and justice
Collected essays of political science, journalism and sociology on the effects of Mexico’s militarized drug war.
(with Paul Gillingham and Michael Lettieri) Journalism, Satire, and Censorship in Mexico
A collection of essays on the twentieth century Mexican censorship and journalism.
(with Wil G. Pansters) Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth-Century Mexico
This work brings together a new generation of drug historians and new historical sources to uncover the history of the drug trade and its regulations.