Stephen B. Neufeld

About The Author

Stephen B. Neufeld is a professor at California State University, Fullerton, where he teaches Latin American and Mexican history. His previous works include Mexico in Verse: A History of Music, Rhyme, and Power and The Blood Contingent: The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, 1876–1911 as well as numerous chapters and articles.

Series by the Author

Books by Stephen B. Neufeld

Perilous Beasts

Mexican Necropolitics, Animal Deaths, and Blood Sports, 1870–1920

By Stephen B. Neufeld
A deep dive into the history of bullfighting, hunting, and animal control in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Mexico.
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The Blood Contingent

The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, 1876–1911

By Stephen B. Neufeld
This innovative social and cultural history explores the daily lives of the lowest echelons in president Porfirio Díaz’s army through the decades leading up to the 1910 Revolution. The author shows how life in the barracks—not just combat and drill but also leisure, vice, and intimacy—reveals the...
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