Margaret Chowning

Professor

Contact

Office: 3125 Dwinelle Hall
Hours: Wednesday, 2-4pm
Phone: (510) 642-2415
Email: chowning@berkeley.edu

Education

B.A., Duke University
Ph.D., Stanford University

Selected Publications

Rebellious Nuns: The Troubled History of a Mexican Convent, 1752-1863. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

"Convent Reform, Catholic Reform, and Bourbon Reform: The View from the Nunnery," in Hispanic American Historical Review, Feb. 2005.

Wealth and Power in Provincial Mexico: Michoacan from the Late Colony to the Revolution. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.

"Reassessing the Prospects for Profit and Productivity in Nineteenth-Century Mexico," in Stephen Haber, ed., How Latin America Fell Behind. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997.

"The Contours of the Post-1810 Depression in Mexico: A Reappraisal from a Regional Perspective," Latin American Research Review 27:2, Spring 1992.

"The Management of Church Property in Michoacan, Mexico, 1810-1856: Economic Motivations and Political Implications," Journal of Latin American Studies, October 1990.

Courses

History 8B: Modern Latin America (Spring 2003)