Contents
Tables and Figure
Acknowledgments
Chapter One. Instability and History
Chapter Two. Accounting for Caudillos
Chapter Three. Political Conflict in Early Republican Mexico
Chapter Four. Paths to Power
Chapter Five. Holding on to Power
Chapter Six. Social and Political Landscapes
Chapter Seven. Conditions and Convictions
Chapter Eight. Origins of Instability in Mexico
Appendixes
A. Cabinet Ministers and Presidents, 1824-1867
B. Elite Politicians and Their Residences in Mexico City, 1848
C. Statistics
Notes
Bibliography
Index