Patriotism, Politics, and Popular Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Mexico Juan Francisco Lucas and the Puebla Sierra

by Thomson, Guy P. C.; Lafrance, David G.

• ISBN13: 9780842026833
• ISBN10: 0842026835
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This detailed local study of state formation in nineteenth-century Mexico focuses on the life of Juan Francisco Lucas, the principal Indian leader of the Puebla Sierra between 1854 and 1917. The book illustrates how, over seventy years, the Indian communi

Author Biography

Guy P. C. Thomson has taught Latin American history at the University of Warwick since 1974.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Regional Leader	p. 1
Tetela in the Puebla Sierra	p. 25
Rebellion and Revolution	p. 41
The Three Years' War	p. 55
From Reform to Patriotic Resistance, 1860-1863	p. 73
The Battle for the Sierra, 1863-1866	p. 89
The Defeat of the Empire	p. 113
The First Montana Rebellion	p. 127
The Arriaga Rebellion and the Xochiapulco Revolt	p. 147
The Fruits of Rebellion in Xochiapulco	p. 175
The Revolt of La Noria	p. 183
Conciliation and Violence, 1872-1875	p. 201
The Revolution of Tuxtepec and the Montana in Power, 1876-1880	p. 211
The Resurgence of Central Power, 1880-1888	p. 241
Public and Private Life, 1889-1910	p. 261
Lucas and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1917	p. 279
Epilogue	p. 305
Notes	p. 313
Index	p. 397
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