Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-407) and index.
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1. "Viva la Independencia!" -- 2. The new politics -- 3. The collapse of the missions -- 4. The church in jeopardy -- 5. Indios Bárbaros, Norteamericanos, and the failure of the velvet glove -- 6. Crumbling presidios, citizen-soldiers, and the failure of the iron fist -- 7. The new colonialism : Americans and the frontier economy -- 8. Regulating the economy : frontier vs. nation -- 9. "To govern is to populate" : the peopling of Texas -- 10. The "Texas game" again? : peopling California and New Mexico -- 11. Society and culture in transition -- 12. Separatism and rebellion -- 13. The Mexican frontier in perspective -- Appendix. Provincial governors, 1821-1846 -- Abbreviations used in notes.