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
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.