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Emilio Kourí's main scholarly interest is in the history of rural Mexico during the Independence era, focusing on the interconnection between society, economy, politics, culture, and law. He is the author of "Pueblo Divided: Business, Property, Community in Papantla, Mexico," which narrates the complex transformations of rural social relations in the Totonac region throughout the nineteenth century. The book pays special attention to the progressive development of a campesino-based international vanilla economy, which ultimately undermined local forms of communal landholding. "Pueblo Divided" received the 2005 Bolton-Johnson Prize from the Conference on Latin American History and an Honorable Mention for the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize from the American Society for Ethnohistory. Kourí also edited "En busca de Molina Enríquez: cien años de Los Grandes Problemas Nacionales" and co-edited "Revolución y exilio en la historia de México: Homenaje a Friedrich Katz." His ongoing work includes a three-volume history of communal landholding in Mexico, which examines evolving practices and the impacts of agricultural commerce and liberal reforms on rural communities. He teaches on topics ranging from land reforms and indigenous societies to Latin American history more broadly.
Department of Philosophy