Description
Book SynopsisThe second in a series of books exploring the phenomenon of the
pronunciamiento, this volume examines case studies of individual and collective pronunciados in regions across Mexico. Top scholars examine the motivations of individual
pronunciados and the reasons they succeeded or failed.
Trade Review"[
Malcontents, Rebels, and Pronunciados] is a highly welcome contribution to the historiography of nineteenth century Mexico. It sheds light on an important characteristic of political culture in this period."—Silke Hensel,
Hispanic American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Maps
List of Tables
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Understanding Individual and Collective Insurrectionary Action in Independent Mexico, 1821-1876 (Will Fowler, University of St. Andrews)
Chronology of Main Events and Pronunciamientos, 1821-1876 1. The Compass Points of Unrest: Pronunciamientos from Within, Without, Above, and Below in Southeast Mexico, 1821-1876
Terry Rugeley 2. The Rise and Fall of a Regional Strongman: Felipe de la Garza’s Pronunciamiento of 1822
Catherine Andrews 3. Veracruz, the Determining Region: Military Pronunciamientos in Mexico, 1821-1843
Juan Ortiz Escamilla 4. The Clergy and How it Responded to Calls for Rebellion Before the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Anne Staples 5. José Ramón García Ugarte: Patriot, Federalist, or Malcontent?
Linda Arnold 6. Ponciano Arriaga and Mariano Ávila’s Intellectual Backing of the 14 April 1837 Pronunciamiento of San Luis Potosí
Sergio Cañedo Gamboa 7. Ayuntamientos and Pronunciamientos during the Nineteenth Century: Examples from Tlaxcala between Independence and the Reform War
Raymond Buve 8. The End of the “Catholic Nation”: Reform and Reaction in Puebla, 1854-1856
Guy P.C. Thomson 9. In Search of Power: The Pronunciamientos of General Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga
Josefina Zoraida Vázquez10. The Pronunciamientos of Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1821-1867
Will Fowler 11. Intervention and Empire: Politics as Usual?
Erika Pani 12. A Socialist Pronunciamiento: Julio López Chávez’s Uprising of 1868
Eduardo Flores Clair Bibliography
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