Sergio Serulnikov is Professor at the Universidad de San Andrés and researcher at the National Scientific Council of Argentina. He is author of Subverting Colonial Authority: Challenges to Spanish Rule in Eighteenth-Century Southern Andes (2003).

• Introductory essay: politics and society in the late colonial world, historiographical dialogues; 1. Citizens and magistrates; 2. Public dissension; 3. The paradoxes of loyalty; 4. The revolt against the company of savoy; 5. The revolt against the company of Extremadura; 6. The election of a rector; 7. Suppressing politics; 8. Contentious autonomies; 9. The crisis before the crisis; 10. The uses of carlotism; 11. The uprising; which revolution? final considerations; Bibliography.

'The Power of Dissent is an extremely detailed and convincing analysis of how political conflicts and political arguments in urban Bolivia eroded Spanish authority during the late colonial period, laying the groundwork for the eventual break with Spain. A triumph of careful research and intelligent analysis.' Peter Guardino, Indiana University

Sergio Serulnikov is Professor at the Universidad de San Andrés and researcher at the National Scientific Council of Argentina. He is author of Subverting Colonial Authority: Challenges to Spanish Rule in Eighteenth-Century Southern Andes (2003).

• Introductory essay: politics and society in the late colonial world, historiographical dialogues; 1. Citizens and magistrates; 2. Public dissension; 3. The paradoxes of loyalty; 4. The revolt against the company of savoy; 5. The revolt against the company of Extremadura; 6. The election of a rector; 7. Suppressing politics; 8. Contentious autonomies; 9. The crisis before the crisis; 10. The uses of carlotism; 11. The uprising; which revolution? final considerations; Bibliography.

'The Power of Dissent is an extremely detailed and convincing analysis of how political conflicts and political arguments in urban Bolivia eroded Spanish authority during the late colonial period, laying the groundwork for the eventual break with Spain. A triumph of careful research and intelligent analysis.' Peter Guardino, Indiana University

Sergio Serulnikov is Professor at the Universidad de San Andrés and researcher at the National Scientific Council of Argentina. He is author of Subverting Colonial Authority: Challenges to Spanish Rule in Eighteenth-Century Southern Andes (2003).

• Introductory essay: politics and society in the late colonial world, historiographical dialogues; 1. Citizens and magistrates; 2. Public dissension; 3. The paradoxes of loyalty; 4. The revolt against the company of savoy; 5. The revolt against the company of Extremadura; 6. The election of a rector; 7. Suppressing politics; 8. Contentious autonomies; 9. The crisis before the crisis; 10. The uses of carlotism; 11. The uprising; which revolution? final considerations; Bibliography.

'The Power of Dissent is an extremely detailed and convincing analysis of how political conflicts and political arguments in urban Bolivia eroded Spanish authority during the late colonial period, laying the groundwork for the eventual break with Spain. A triumph of careful research and intelligent analysis.' Peter Guardino, Indiana University