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Rebellion now and forever : Mayas, Hispanics, and caste war violence in Yucatán, 1800-1880 /

Explores the origins, process, and consequences of 40 years of nearly continual political violence in southeastern Mexico. Rather than recounting the well-worn narrative of of the Caste War, it focuses on how violence helped shape social and political institutions of the Mexican southeast.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rugeley, Terry, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the caste war uncrossed
  • Men newly powerful : how Pueblo politics became a caste war
  • The extremes of death or triumph : a society goes to war, 1847-1851
  • Nothing more than a new conquest : a world catches its breath
  • The roar of a terrible tempest : liberal reform and the civil wars, 1855-1863
  • The empire comes to Mayab
  • A world (mostly) restored : the paradoxes of the republic
  • Peace, Porfirian-style : East meets West, and a people contort the past
  • Conclusion : violence and the ghost of Santiago Imán.