...Pablo Mijangos y González The relevance of local autonomy for Lozada's popular conservatism allows Brittsan to emphasize what he calls the “central paradox” of liberalism in nineteenth-century Mexico: while liberal constitutions and rhetoric advocated for greater local autonomy against...

...Zachary Brittsan Fowler's prose, as usual, is nimble. The author has a particular skill for navigating complex events with poignant anecdotes and flashes of humor. These traits, in combination with intriguing if underdeveloped linkages between nineteenth-century pronunciamientos and other...