Table of Contents

List of maps; Acknowledgements; Weights and measures; Introduction; 1. Social tensions in the provinces; 2. Insurgency - characteristics and responses; 3. Conflict, protest and rebellion; 4. Death and dislocation; 5. Insurrection - recruitment and extension; 6. The struggle for Puebla, 1811–13; 7. Local conflict and provincial chieftains; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.