The Caste War of Yucatán
Title | The Caste War of Yucatán PDF eBook |
Author | Nelson A. Reed |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | 452 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780804740012 |
This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history--the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatán against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847. Within a year, the Maya rebels had almost succeeded in driving their oppressors from the peninsula; by 1855, when the major battles ended, the war had killed or put to flight almost half of the population of Yucatán. A new religion built around a Speaking Cross supported their independence for over fifty years, and that religion survived the eventual Maya defeat and continues today. This revised edition is based on further research in the archives and in the field, and draws on the research by a new generation of scholars who have labored since the book's original publication 36 years ago. One of the most significant results of this research is that it has put a human face on much that had heretofore been treated as semi-mythical. Reviews of the First Edition "Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatán in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." --American Historical Review "In this beautifully written history of a little-known struggle between several contending forces in Yucatán, Reed has added an important dimension to anthropological studies in this area." --American Anthropologist "Not only is this exciting history (as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction) but it covers events unaccountably neglected by historians. . . . This is a brilliant contribution to history. . . . Don't miss this book." --Los Angeles Times "One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years." --Hispanic American Report
Violence and The Caste War of Yucatán
Title | Violence and The Caste War of Yucatán PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Gabbert |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 359 |
Release | 2019-08-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 110849174X |
This book analyzes the extent and forms of violence in one of the most significant indigenous rural revolts in nineteenth-century Latin America. Combining historical, anthropological, and sociological research, it shows how violence played a role in the establishment and maintenance of order and leadership within the contending parties.
Yaxcabá and the Caste War of Yucatán
Title | Yaxcabá and the Caste War of Yucatán PDF eBook |
Author | Rani T. Alexander |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780826329622 |
Rani Alexander's study of the Caste War of Yucatan (1847-1901) uses archaeological evidence, ethnography, and history to explore the region's processes of resistance.
Empire on Edge
Title | Empire on Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Rajeshwari Dutt |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 201 |
Release | 2020-03-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108493424 |
Reveals how British officials attempted to understand and impose order on northern Belize during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Yucatán's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War
Title | Yucatán's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Rugeley |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780292770782 |
"Social history that challenges earlier views of the Caste War. Examines the development of the social, political, and economic structure of the Yucatâan during the first half of the 19th century and profiles four towns involved in the Caste War. Emphasizes the eroding status of Maya elites as a key to the revolt"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Rebellion Now and Forever
Title | Rebellion Now and Forever PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Rugeley |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | 483 |
Release | 2009-06-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0804771308 |
This book explores the origins, process, and consequences of forty years of nearly continual political violence in southeastern Mexico. Rather than recounting the well-worn narrative of the Caste War, it focuses instead on how four decades of violence helped shape social and political institutions of the Mexican southeast. Rebellion Now and Forever looks at Yucatán's famous Caste War from the perspective of the vast majority of Hispanics and Maya peasants who did not join in the great ethnic rebellion of 1847. It shows how the history of nonrebel territory was as dramatic and as violent as the front lines of the Caste War, and of greater significance for the larger evolution of Mexican society. The work explores political violence not merely as a method and process, but also as a molder of subsequent institutions and practices.
The Caste War of Yucatan
Title | The Caste War of Yucatan PDF eBook |
Author | Nelson A. Reed |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 308 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Mayas |
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