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`Citizens Of A Free People’: Popular Liberalism And Race In Nineteenth-Century Southwestern Colombia, James Sanders Jan 2004

`Citizens Of A Free People’: Popular Liberalism And Race In Nineteenth-Century Southwestern Colombia, James Sanders

History Faculty Publications

“All that belong to the Liberal Party in the Cauca are people of the pueblo bajo (as they are generally called) and blacks,” observes an 1859 letter written by Juan Aparicio, a local political operative who had undertaken the unenviable task of recruiting these same “lower classes” to support the powerful caudillo Tomás Mosquera’s new National Party. Aparicio tried to explain his failure in this assignment, arguing that “this class of people will not listen to anyone that is not of their party.”1 How had the local Liberal Party—controlled at the national level by wealthy white men—become associated with blacks …


Sacred Trees, Bitter Harvests: Globalizing Coffee In Northwest Tanzania, Christopher A. Conte, Brad Weiss Jan 2004

Sacred Trees, Bitter Harvests: Globalizing Coffee In Northwest Tanzania, Christopher A. Conte, Brad Weiss

History Faculty Publications

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“I Didn't Want To Leave The House, But He Compelled Me To”: A Personal Examination Of A Mormon Family, F. Ross Peterson Jan 2004

“I Didn't Want To Leave The House, But He Compelled Me To”: A Personal Examination Of A Mormon Family, F. Ross Peterson

Arrington Annual Lecture

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"The Hardest Worked River In The World": The 1962 Bear River Project, Utah And Idaho, Robert Parson Jan 2004

"The Hardest Worked River In The World": The 1962 Bear River Project, Utah And Idaho, Robert Parson

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Arising on the north slope of the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah, Bear River travels five hundred miles through three states and ten counties in Utah,Wyoming, and Idaho.The river’s route traverses from mountain slopes, through several valleys, deep canyons and gorges before terminating at the Great Salt Lake, only ninety miles from where it begins.This unique geological and geographical mix, as well as interstate politics have complicated efforts to fully harness its waters.