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CONTENTS Acknowledgments / ix Introduction / 1 1. The People of God: Patriotism, Enlightenment, and Religion 17 2. Urban Revolt, Nationalist Revolutions: Valencia and Seville, 1808–1814 45 3. The Emergence of the Catholic Public Sphere 69 4. Making the Spanish Catholic Citizen: Inquisition, Race, and Gender 94 5. The Children of the Madre Patria: Revolution in New Spain 122 6. The Culture and Politics of Hispanic Liberalism 148 Epilogue / 177 Notes / 181 Bibliography / 223 Index / 239 This page intentionally left blank ...

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