David A. Gilbert is a professor of history at Clayton State University.

"Powerfully argued and full of insight, this lively account traces the growing intensity of partisanship around Catholicism leading up to the Reform. Gilbert sees the Reform as not just anticlerical but also anti-Catholic, and he provides compelling evidence—an impressive array of pamphlet literature, editorials, opinion pieces, and speeches—to support this view of a political movement that was profoundly cultural."—Margaret Chowning, author of Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750-1940

• Introduction: The Reforma as Culture WarChapter 1. The Road to the ReformaChapter 2. The Radicalization of the 1854 RevolutionChapter 3. La Cruz and the Formation of a Catholic ReactionChapter 4. Resistance and Retribution (1856)Chapter 5. Debating the Religious Future of the NationChapter 6. The Constitutional Crisis of 1857Chapter 7. The War of the Reforma (1858–1860)Chapter 8. The End of Catholic MexicoBibliographyNotesIndex

David A. Gilbert is a professor of history at Clayton State University.

"Powerfully argued and full of insight, this lively account traces the growing intensity of partisanship around Catholicism leading up to the Reform. Gilbert sees the Reform as not just anticlerical but also anti-Catholic, and he provides compelling evidence—an impressive array of pamphlet literature, editorials, opinion pieces, and speeches—to support this view of a political movement that was profoundly cultural."—Margaret Chowning, author of Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750-1940

• Introduction: The Reforma as Culture WarChapter 1. The Road to the ReformaChapter 2. The Radicalization of the 1854 RevolutionChapter 3. La Cruz and the Formation of a Catholic ReactionChapter 4. Resistance and Retribution (1856)Chapter 5. Debating the Religious Future of the NationChapter 6. The Constitutional Crisis of 1857Chapter 7. The War of the Reforma (1858–1860)Chapter 8. The End of Catholic MexicoBibliographyNotesIndex

David A. Gilbert is a professor of history at Clayton State University.

"Powerfully argued and full of insight, this lively account traces the growing intensity of partisanship around Catholicism leading up to the Reform. Gilbert sees the Reform as not just anticlerical but also anti-Catholic, and he provides compelling evidence—an impressive array of pamphlet literature, editorials, opinion pieces, and speeches—to support this view of a political movement that was profoundly cultural."—Margaret Chowning, author of Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750-1940

• Introduction: The Reforma as Culture WarChapter 1. The Road to the ReformaChapter 2. The Radicalization of the 1854 RevolutionChapter 3. La Cruz and the Formation of a Catholic ReactionChapter 4. Resistance and Retribution (1856)Chapter 5. Debating the Religious Future of the NationChapter 6. The Constitutional Crisis of 1857Chapter 7. The War of the Reforma (1858–1860)Chapter 8. The End of Catholic MexicoBibliographyNotesIndex