Illustrations
Maps
Preface
Introduction
I Charles III
1. From Kingdoms to Empire: The Political Innovations of Charles III
2. From Kingdom to Colony: The Fiscal and Economic Program of Charles III
II Juan Francisco Berbeo
3. The Crowd Riots
4. Patricians and Plebeians in Socorro
5. A Utopia for the People
6. A Utopia for the Nobles
7. A Utopia for the Indians: The Resguardos
8. A Utopia for the Indians: Indians in Revolt
9. Confrontation at Puente Real de Vélez
10. A Non-Battle in Bogotá and the Invasion of Girón
11. "War, War, On to Santa Fe"
12. Rendevous in Zipaquirá
13. The Capitulations of Zipaquirá
14. The First Written Constitution of New Granada
III Antonio Caballero y Góngora
15. José Antonio Galán: Myth and Fact
16. The Second Enterprise against Santa Fe
17. The Reconquest of Socorro from Its "Infidelity"
18. The Carrot and the Stick
19. Caballero y Góngora and the Independence of Colombia
Note on the Sources
Notes
Index