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| Preface | |
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| A Note about America and Americans | |
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| Terms Used in the Text | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Shared Political Culture | |
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| The Antiguo R�gimen | |
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| The Nature of Representation in New Spain | |
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| The Emergence of an American Identity | |
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| The Bourbon Reforms | |
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| The Collapse of the Spanish Monarchy | |
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| The Crisis of the Spanish Monarchy | |
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| The Effects of the Crisis in New Spain | |
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| The General Juntas of 1808 | |
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| The First Golpe de Estado | |
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| The Events of 1809 | |
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| The Emergence of Representative Government | |
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| The Elections to the Junta Central | |
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| The Instructions from New Spain | |
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| The Valladolid Conspiracy | |
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| Two Revolutions | |
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| The Political Revolution | |
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| Convening a Parliament | |
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| The Elections of Suplentes | |
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| Elections in New Spain | |
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| The Armed Revolution | |
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| The Baj�o | |
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| The Great Insurgency | |
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| Other Movements | |
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| The Nature of the 1810 Revolutions | |
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| The C�diz Revolution | |
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| The Cortes of C�diz | |
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| The American Question | |
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| The Constitution | |
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| The New Constitutional Order in America | |
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| The First Constitutional Elections | |
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| Elections in Mexico City | |
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| Elections in Yucat�n | |
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| Elections in Nueva Galicia | |
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| Elections in the Provincias Internas | |
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| Ayuntamiento Elections in New Spain | |
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| Elections to the Cortes and Provincial Deputation in New Spain | |
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| The New Constitutional Regime | |
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| The Constitutional Regime in Guadalajara | |
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| The Significance of the Constitutional Order | |
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| The Collapse of Constitutional Government | |
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| A Fragmented Insurgency | |
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| Counterinsurgency | |
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| Toward an Organized Insurgency | |
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| The Insurgency in the South | |
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| Puebla and Cuautla | |
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| The Government of the Nation | |
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| The Insurgent Regime in Oaxaca | |
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| The Collapse of the Suprema Junta | |
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| The Urban Conspirators | |
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| The Congress of Chilpancingo | |
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| The Continuing Insurgency | |
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| Separation | |
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| The Restoration | |
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| The Constitution Restored | |
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| The Second Constitutional Period in New Spain | |
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| The Cortes | |
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| The Plan of Iguala | |
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| The Treaty of C�rdoba | |
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| The Mexican Empire | |
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| The Rise of Iturbide to Prominence | |
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| The Sovereign Provisional Governing Junta | |
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| Elections to the Mexican Constituent Cortes | |
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| The Convocatoria | |
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| The Elections | |
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| The Mexican Cortes | |
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| The Junta Nacional Instituyente | |
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| The End of the Empire | |
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| The Formation of the Federal Republic | |
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| The Junta of Puebla | |
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| The Sovereign Cortes | |
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| Who Is Sovereign? | |
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| The Junta of Celaya | |
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| Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Oaxaca | |
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| The Second Constituent Congress | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Sources | |
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| Index | |