Forest Society : a Social History of Petén, Guatemala /

The author contends that for 250 years, roughly from the 1720s to the 1970s, the sociocultural system of Petén endured with remarkable continuity, not in spite of the changes in the hinterland region but, to an important degree, because of them.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schwartz, Norman B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:The Ethnohistory Series
Subjects:
Indians of Central America > Guatemala > Petén (Department) > History.
Mayas > History.
Ladino (Latin American people) > History.
Chicle industry > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Mayas > Histoire.
Ladinos > Histoire.
Chicle > Industrie > Guatemala > Petén (Département)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Chicle industry.
Economic history.
Ethnic relations.
Indians of Central America.
Ladino (Latin American people)
Mayas.
Social conditions.
Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Ethnic relations.
Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Economic conditions.
Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Social conditions.
Petén (Guatemala : Département) > Relations interethniques.
Petén (Guatemala : Département) > Conditions économiques.
Petén (Guatemala : Département) > Conditions sociales.
Guatemala > Petén (Department)
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Physical Environment and Population
  • Chapter Two. Conquest, Depopulation, and Colonization, 1697-1821
  • Chapter Three. Social Continuity and Economic Stagnation, 1821-1890s
  • Chapter Four. La Chiclería: An Extractive Economy
  • Chapter Five. The Impact of Oro Blanco
  • Chapter Six. Conclusion: Continuity, Change, and a New Turn
  • Appendix: Status Continuity in Petén, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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