Forceful Negotiations: The Origins of the Pronunciamiento in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction: The Nineteenth-Century Practice of the Pronunciamiento and Its Origins......Page 16
Chronology of Main Events and Pronunciamientos, 1821–1853......Page 42
One. Iguala: The Prototype......Page 52
Two. Agustín de Iturbide: From the Pronunciamiento of Iguala to the Coup of 1822......Page 73
Three. Two Reactions to the Illegitimate Succession of 1828: Campeche and Jalapa......Page 98
Four. Municipalities, Prefects, and Pronunciamientos: Power and Political Mobilizations in the Huasteca during the First Federal Republic......Page 125
Five. The Origins of the Pronunciamientos of San Luis Potosí: An Overview......Page 152
Six. The British and an Early Pronunciamiento, 1833–1834......Page 176
Seven. The Origins of the Santiago Imán Revolt, 1838–1840: A Reassessment......Page 194
Eight. A Reluctant Advocate: Mariano Otero and the Revolución de Jalisco......Page 213
Nine. Constitution and Congress: A Pronunciamiento for Legality, December 1844......Page 231
Ten. “The Curious Manner in Which Pronunciamientos Are Got Up in This Country”: The Plan of Blancarte of 26 July 1852......Page 254
Eleven. Inventing the Nation: The Pronunciamiento and the Construction of Mexican National Identity, 1821–1876......Page 277
Twelve. “I Pronounce Thus I Exist”: Redefining the Pronunciamiento in Independent Mexico, 1821–1876......Page 297
Bibliography......Page 318
Contributors......Page 360