Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: Rebellions, towns, and nation -- To live without God, king, or law : colonial riots and state modernization -- Following the law of Our Lady de Guadalupe : insurrection in the Tierra Caliente, 1810--21 -- The illusions of municipalities : the politics of rebellion in independent Mexico -- Animated by sansculotismo : an Indian pronunciamiento, Papantla, 1836-39 -- The caste war of the Huasteca : race, nation, and local space, 1845-50 -- Conclusions : A nation of villages.…”