"Soft" coups, occupations, and "gestures of rebellion": the pronunciamiento, past and present interpretations -- The origins of Mexico's mimetic insurrectionism: the foundational pronunciamientos of Cabezas de San Juan and Iguala, 1820-1821 -- The voice of the provinces: the insurrectional contagion of Mexico's first pronunciamientos, 1821-1831 -- When the pronunciamiento went viral: the popularization of the pronunciamiento, 1832-1842 -- From forceful negotiation to civil war: the pronunciamientos, coups d'etat, and revolutions of the mid-nineteenth century, 1843-1858 -- Conclusion: mimetic insurrectionism, the pronunciamiento, and independent Mexico. |