State and Society in Spanish America During the Age of Revolution Book

	Introduction - Beating a Dead Horse?
1	Latin America Was Behind: The Economic Background of Independence	3
2	"Dutch Disease" and Other (Dis)Continuities in Latin American History, 1780-1850	31
3	The Changing Meaning of Honor, Status, and Class: The Letrados and Bureaucrats of New Granada in the Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Period	59
4	Doing Business in the Age of Revolution: The Major Import-Export Merchants of Chile	89
5	Marriage and Family Relations in Mexico during the Transition from Colony to Nation	121
6	Gender Ideology, Race, and Female-Headed Households in Urban Mexico, 1750-1850	149
7	Patriotic Footwork: Social Dance and the Watershed of Independence in Buenos Aires	173
8	Constructing the City, Constructing the State: Architecture and Political Transition in Urban Argentina, 1810-1860	193
	Conclusion - Was There an Age of Revolution in Spanish America?	219
	Index	247
	About the Contributors	259