Antonio Escobar Ohmstede and Matthew Butler (eds.), <i>Mexico in Transition: New Perspectives on Mexican Agrarian History, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries/México y sus transiciones: reconsideraciones sobre la historia agraria mexicana, siglos XIX y XX</i> : México City: CIESAS/LLILAS, 2013

Mexico has one of the greatest traditions of agrarian historiography in the world. Although we can always find more to do, especially given the great geographic diversity of Mexico, dozens and dozens of very intelligent and hardworking people have spent more than a century studying land, water, law, and politics in Mexico. I am not sure how many Mexicans understand how unusual this is. Probably we know more about these questions in Mexico than we do in most parts of the world, because in Mexico this kind of agrarian history is not some backwater only explored by agronomists and geographers. It is considered central to the country’s history.Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (IdIHCS

Antonio Escobar Ohmstede and Matthew Butler (eds.), <i>Mexico in Transition: New Perspectives on Mexican Agrarian History, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries/México y sus transiciones: reconsideraciones sobre la historia agraria mexicana, siglos XIX y XX</i> : México City: CIESAS/LLILAS, 2013

Mexico has one of the greatest traditions of agrarian historiography in the world. Although we can always find more to do, especially given the great geographic diversity of Mexico, dozens and dozens of very intelligent and hardworking people have spent more than a century studying land, water, law, and politics in Mexico. I am not sure how many Mexicans understand how unusual this is. Probably we know more about these questions in Mexico than we do in most parts of the world, because in Mexico this kind of agrarian history is not some backwater only explored by agronomists and geographers. It is considered central to the country’s history.Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (IdIHCS

Risk, resilience, and depressive symptoms in low-income African American fathers.

OBJECTIVE: Parental depression influences family health but research on low-income African American fathers is limited. The primary goal of the present study was to examine the role of paternal risk factors and resilience resources in predicting depressive symptoms in the year after birth of a child in a sample of African American fathers. We hypothesized that paternal risk factors (low socioeconomic status [SES], perceived stress, negative life events, racism, avoidant coping style) and resources (social support, self-esteem, collective efficacy, approach-oriented coping style) would predict depressive symptoms in fathers at 1 year postbirth controlling for depressive symptoms at 1 month postbirth. METHOD: African American fathers (n = 296) of predominantly low SES from 5 U.S. regions were interviewed at 1 and 12 months after birth of a child regarding potential risk factors, resilience resources, and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Depressive symptoms were low on average. However, hierarchical linear regression analyses revealed that avoidant coping style and experiences of racism predicted more depressive symptoms in fathers nearly a year after the birth of a child controlling for symptoms at 1 month. CONCLUSIONS: How fathers cope with stress and common everyday experiences of racism contributed to depressive symptoms in the year following birth of a child. Interventions that target race-related stressors and decrease avoidant coping may promote better outcomes in this important and understudied population. (PsycINFO Database Recor

Modern American populism: Analyzing the economics behind the Silent Majority, the Tea Party and Trumpism

This article researches populism, more specifically, Modern American Populism (MAP), constructed of white, rural, and economically oppressed reactionarianism, which was borne out of the political upheaval of the 1960’s Civil Rights movement. The research looks to explain the causes of populism and what leads voters to support populist movements and politicians. The research focuses on economic anxiety as the main cause but also examines an alternative theory of racial resentment. In an effort to answer the question, what causes populist movements and motivations, I apply a research approach that utilizes qualitative and quantitative methods. There is an examination of literature that defines populism, its causes and a detailed discussion of the case studies, including the 1972 election of Richard Nixon; the Tea Party election of 2010; and the 2016 election of Donald Trump. In addition, statistical data analysis was run using American National Election Studies (ANES) surveys associated with each specific case study. These case studies were chosen because they most represent forms of populist movements in modern American history. While ample qualitative evidence suggested support for the hypothesis that economic anxiety is a necessary condition for populist voting patterns that elected Nixon, the Tea Party and Trump, the statistical data only supported the hypothesis in two cases, 2010 and 2016, with 1972 coming back inconclusive. The data also suggested that both economic anxiety and racial resentment played a role in 2010 and 2016, while having no significant effect in 1972 in either case. This suggests that further research needs to be conducted into additional populist case studies, as well as an examination into the role economic anxiety and economic crises play on racial resentment and racially motivated voting behavior

Antonio Escobar Ohmstede and Matthew Butler (eds.), Mexico in Transition: New Perspectives on Mexican Agrarian History, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries/México y sus transiciones: reconsideraciones sobre la historia agraria mexicana, siglos XIX y XX (México City: CIESAS/LLILAS, 2013. Digital edition: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/20399)

Fil: Guardino, Peter. University of Indiana

Antonio Escobar Ohmstede and Matthew Butler (eds.), Mexico in Transition: New Perspectives on Mexican Agrarian History, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

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