A rigorous, thoughtful, and intellectually inspiring genealogy of how the idea of a "race war" was imputed to social conflicts in New Spain/Mexico during the long nineteenth century, as well as how one can discern a "rebel archive" of challenges to that paradigm from racialized social movements at each and every turn. There is no book quite like Riot and Rebellion in Mexico, and it will surely make a serious and sustained impact on many fields for years to come. David Kazanjian, author of The Brink of Freedom: Improvising Life in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World This groundbreaking study takes the discussion of race relations to the forefront of Mexican colonial and postcolonial history, showing how the question of race pervades governance structures, labor regimes, and the material and symbolic organization of space. Adela Pineda Franco, coeditor of Open Borders to a Revolution: Culture, Politics, and Migration To undertake such an ambitious spatial and temporal project, Sabau closely analyzes a handful of documents generated by colonial and republican authorities as they sought to manage violent opposition. Hispanic American Historical Review
