Description
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive overview of the
pronunciamiento practice following the Plan of Iguala. This fourth and final instalment in, and culmination of, a larger exploration of the
pronunciamiento highlights the extent to which this model of political contestation evolved.
Trade Review"
Independent Mexico strengthens the foundation for talking about political tumult at the national level as a quasi-bureaucratic process in which a wide web of prominent citizens engaged."—Zachary Brittsan,
Hispanic American Historical Review"An important work that can be built on to answer other questions."—
CHOICE"Fowler crafts an exceptionally cogent narrative of Mexico’s tumultuous first fifty years and provides a pithy synthesis of recent advances in the historiography of Mexican independence, both of which will be useful to advanced undergraduates and graduate students unfamiliar with the topic."—Marc Antone, H-LatAm
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Independent Mexico] will be treasured by scholars of Mexico’s late colonial and early national history."—Robert E. May,
Journal of the Society for Latin American Studies"Independent Mexico: The Pronunciamiento in the Age of Santa Anna, 1821–1858, will be indispensable to those historians looking to understand Mexico's political culture."—Catherine Andrews,
Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México“
Independent Mexico is one of the best college history texts I have read in a long time. The book is imaginative, well conceived, and well researched. . . . Will Fowler has put together a fascinating book on one of the most contested topics in the current debate about Latin America: the role of force in history.”—Abdiel Oñate, professor of Latin American studies at San Francisco State University
Table of ContentsList of Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Main Events and Pronunciamientos, 1821–1858
1. “Soft” Coups, Occupations, and “Gestures of Rebellion”: The Pronunciamiento, Past and Present Interpretations
2. The Origins of Mexico’s Mimetic Insurrectionism: The Foundational Pronunciamientos of Cabezas de San Juan and Iguala, 1820–1821
3. The Voice of the Provinces: The Insurrectional Contagion of Mexico’s First Pronunciamientos, 1821–1831
4. When the Pronunciamiento Went Viral: The Popularization of the Pronunciamiento, 1832–1842
5. From Forceful Negotiation to Civil War: The Pronunciamientos, Coups d’État, and Revolutions of the Mid-Nineteenth Century, 1843–1858
Conclusion: Mimetic Insurrectionism, the Pronunciamiento, and Independent Mexico
Notes
Bibliography
Index
