A theory of popular collection action in autocracies -- Accounting for Mexico's cycle of indigenous protest -- Competing for souls : why the Catholic Church became a major promoter of indigenous mobilization -- Competing for votes : why electoral competition shaped Mexico's cycle of indigenous protext -- A call to arms : regime reversion threats and the escalation of protest into rebellion -- From social movement to armed rebellion : religious networks and the microdynamics of rebel recruitment -- Publicizing ethnicity : the breakdown of religious and political hegemonies and the rise of indigenous identities -- The twilight of ethnicity : democratization as an elite strategy to avert Mexico's indigenous insurgency.