Tabla de Contenidos: “…National liberalism, local liberalisms -- The institutional revolution in town politics : Oaxaca and Yucatán, 1812-1821 -- Reluctant taxpayers, unwilling soldiers, but "submissive sons" : Oaxacan villages and the state, 1824-1848 -- The disintegration of a divided polity : Yucatán, 1825-1847 -- The shadow of liberty : the politics of reform in Oaxaca to 1858 -- The transformation of indigenous citizenship : politics in Yucatán during the Caste War.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : the caste war uncrossed -- Men newly powerful : how Pueblo politics became a caste war -- The extremes of death or triumph : a society goes to war, 1847-1851 -- Nothing more than a new conquest : a world catches its breath -- The roar of a terrible tempest : liberal reform and the civil wars, 1855-1863 -- The empire comes to Mayab -- A world (mostly) restored : the paradoxes of the republic -- Peace, Porfirian-style : East meets West, and a people contort the past -- Conclusion : violence and the ghost of Santiago Imán.…”