The Other Rebellion: Popular Violence, Ideology, and the Mexican Struggle for Independence, 1810-1821

Abstract

Part I Rebels: A Social Profile Full-Face Portraits Hard Times And Rebellion Full-Face Portraits II - Love, Suggestability, Curiosity, Pressment The Age Of Excuses - Rituals Of Confession And Pardon Indians. Part II Leaders And Followers: Indian Notables Local Cabecillas A Village Delinquent - Chito Villagran Priest And Parish Loyalist Curates And Warrior Priests The Social Construction Of Priestly Subversion And Rebellion Four Clerical Cabecillas. Part III Popular Violence And Ideology: The Verbal Culture Of Internal War - Loose Talk, Rumour, Sedition, And Propaganda Anatomy Of A Riot I - Atlacomulco, 1810 Anatomy Of A Riot II - The Dynamics Of Local Political Violence In New Spain, 1750-1820 Masked Messiahs And Truncated Utopias Conclusion - The Other Rebellion In Comparative Perspective.