From res publicae to republic : the evolution of republicanism in early Mexico / Alicia Hernández Chávez -- "Ningún pueblo es superior a otro" : Oaxaca and Mexican federalism / Jaime E. Rodríguez O. -- Masonic connections, pecuniary interests, and institutional development along Mexico's far north / Andrés Reséndez -- Maximilian and the construction of the liberal state, 1863-1866 / Robert H. Duncan -- Kaleidoscopic views of liberalism triumphant, 1862-1895 / William H. Beezley -- The Enemy within : Catholics and liberalism in independent Mexico, 1821-1860 / Brian Connaughton -- The militarization of politics or the politicization of the military? : the novohispano and Mexican officer corps, 1810-1830 / Christon I. Archer -- Armed citizens : the civic militia in the origins of the Mexican national state, 1812-1827 / Manuel Chust -- Cádiz liberalism and public finances : the direct contributions in Mexico, 1810-1835 / José Antonio Serrano Ortega -- The vectors of liberal economic culture in Mexico / Marcello Carmagnani -- The import trade policy of the liberal regime in Mexico, 1870-1900 / Sandra Kuntz Ficker.