1st Edition
The People A Brief History of Power and Populism from Antiquity to Today
Introduction: A Tale of Two Cities
1. From Athenian Votes to Roman Mobs
2. When Horses Trampled Bureaucrats
3. Of Saints and Sinners
4. Revolutions of Belonging
5. Nation-Making and Myth-Building
6. Roots of Rebellion
7. From Factory Floors to Führers
8. Lines in the Sand
9. Anti-Colonial Dreams, Post-Independence Nightmares
10. By the Shadow of the Lotus
11. El Pueblo Unido
12. The Left-overs
13. Beneath the Bombs
14. The Other Side of Left
15. Avatars, Algorithms, and Angry Digital Mobs
16. When Nations Fail Nature
Epilogue: Persons Meet The People
Biography
Juan de Dios Vázquez, an independent scholar with a Harvard Doctorate, was Chief of Staff at Mexico’s Ministry of Security. His research spans populism, political history, and power. He is the author of We Have Never Been Human (2025), A Face Too Familiar (2026), and Barbarians at the Wall (2027, forthcoming).
