Description: In this engaging study, Paul Gillingham uses the revelation of the forgery of Cuauhte?moc's tomb and the responses it evoked as a means of examining the set of ideas, beliefs, and dreams that bind societies to the nation-state.
Brief description: Paul Gillingham is an associate professor of Latin American history at Northwestern University. He is the author of Cuauhtémoc's Bones: Forging National Identity in Modern Mexico (UNM Press).
Review Quotes: "The first substantial study to trace in depth the relationship between local and national manifestations of indigenismo while exploring broader economic and political processes. The book is also an important contribution to the literature on everyday nation-state formation."--Journal of Latin American Studies