Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-288) and index.
Contents:
Preface : pivotal years and historical dialogues -- Terms of analysis : new Spain in Spanish America -- Introduction. Imperial crisis and regime transformation in the silver metropolis -- Part I. City of silver : power and social order, 1760-1810. From Mexica capital to silver metropolis, 1350-1770 -- Oligarchy : power in the capital of silver capitalism -- In the shadows of power : oligarchs, provincials, and professionals -- Getting by : life and work in the barrios -- Keys to the city : stabilizing power and inequity -- Part II. The politics of empire, 1765-1810 : from mediation to revolution. Time of trial : bourbon reforms, regional risings, and regime restoration, 1765-1771 -- Carrying on : war, silver capitalism, and social peace, 1770-1800 -- Toward crisis : war, revenue, faction, and the fall of the monarchy, 1800-1808 -- Summer of politics, 1808 : contesting power and popular sovereignties -- September coup, 1808 : military power and imagined revolutions -- The fall : from silver capitalism to social revolution, 1808-1810 -- Conclusion. Popular politics and coercive powers : Mexico and the world.
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