This article avances the notion that during the years of the Reform movement, Mexico experienced programs of modernization, of both liberal and conservative tints, which generated conflicts and processes of political reacommodation. It is recognized that villages and their political institutions were capable of expressing their criticism and defiance of diverse programs of nation and modernization. This study especially centers the attention on the case of Tlaxcala during the years of the Reform movement, as an example of the impact and reaction of rural communities and regional elites to the modernizing project of Comonfort and Juarez. This paper also includes comparative references to similar happenings in Puebla, in order to reveal the avances of the impact of liberalism in at least two regions.
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