The Caste War Of Yucatán

Author : Nelson A. Reed
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0804740011

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The Caste War of Yucatán by Nelson A. Reed Pdf

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

Author : Wolfgang Gabbert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108491747

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Violence and The Caste War of Yucatán by Wolfgang Gabbert Pdf

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.

Author : Rajeshwari Dutt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108493420

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Empire on Edge by Rajeshwari Dutt Pdf

Reveals how British officials attempted to understand and impose order on northern Belize during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Author : Rani T. Alexander
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0826329624

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Yaxcabá and the Caste War of Yucatán by Rani T. Alexander Pdf

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.

Author : Terry Rugeley
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0292770782

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Yucatán's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War by Terry Rugeley Pdf

"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.

Author : Terry Rugeley
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804771306

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Rebellion Now and Forever by Terry Rugeley Pdf

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.

Author : Terry Rugeley
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0806133554

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Maya Wars by Terry Rugeley Pdf

"The documents included in this book came from British, U.S., French, German, Maya, and Hispanic-Mexican authors and were written over a span of a hundred years"--P. [xi].

Author : Nelson A. Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Mayas
ISBN : OCLC:504704612

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The Caste War of Yucatan by Nelson A. Reed Pdf

Author : Nelson Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:475324714

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The Caste War of Yucatan by Nelson Reed Pdf

Author : Douglas W. Richmond
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817318703

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Conflict and Carnage in Yucatán by Douglas W. Richmond Pdf

Synthesizing a wealth of primary and secondary sources, Conflict and Carnage in Yucatán offers a fresh study of the complex and violent history of Mexico's easternmost Gulf Coast region that expands and revises perceptions of liberal as well as Second Empire politics from 1855 to 1876.

Author : Nelson Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Mayas
ISBN : OCLC:470564446

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The Caste War of Yucatan by Nelson Reed Pdf

Author : Rajeshwari Dutt
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806158174

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Maya Caciques in Early National Yucatán by Rajeshwari Dutt Pdf

Andrés Canché became the cacique, or indigenous leader, of Cenotillo, Yucatán, in January 1834. By his retirement in 1864, he had become an expert politician, balancing powerful local alliances with his community’s interests as early national Yucatán underwent major political and social shifts. In Maya Caciques in Early National Yucatán, Rajeshwari Dutt uses Canché’s story as a compelling microhistory to open a new perspective on the role of the cacique in post-independence Yucatán. In most of the literature on Yucatán, caciques are seen as remnants of Spanish colonial rule, intermediaries whose importance declined over the early national period. Dutt instead shows that at the individual level, caciques became more politicized and, in some cases, gained power. Rather than focusing on the rebellion and violence that inform most scholarship on post-independence Yucatán, Dutt traces the more quotidian ways in which figures like Canché held onto power. In the process, she presents an alternative perspective on a tumultuous period in Yucatán’s history, a view that emphasizes negotiation and alliance-making at the local level. At the same time, Dutt’s exploration of the caciques’ life stories reveals a larger narrative about the emergence, evolution, and normalization of particular forms of national political conduct in the decades following independence. Over time, caciques fashioned a new political repertoire, forming strategic local alliances with villagers, priests, Spanish and Creole officials, and other caciques. As state policies made political participation increasingly difficult, Maya caciques turned clientelism, or the use of patronage relationships, into the new modus operandi of local politics. Dutt’s engaging exploration of the life and career of Andrés Canché, and of his fellow Maya caciques, illuminates the realities of politics in Yucatán, revealing that seemingly ordinary political relationships were carefully negotiated by indigenous leaders. Theirs is a story not of failure and decline, but of survival and empowerment.

Author : Geoffrey E. Braswell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317543596

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The Ancient Maya of Mexico by Geoffrey E. Braswell Pdf

The archaeological sites of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula are among the most visited ancient cities of the Americas. Archaeologists have recently made great advances in our understanding of the social and political milieu of the northern Maya lowlands. However, such advances have been under-represented in both scholarly and popular literature until now. 'The Ancient Maya of Mexico' presents the results of new and important archaeological, epigraphic, and art historical research in the Mexican states of Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo. Ranging across the Middle Preclassic to the Modern periods, the volume explores how new archaeological data has transformed our understanding of Maya history. 'The Ancient Maya of Mexico' will be invaluable to students and scholars of archaeology and anthropology, and all those interested in the society, rituals and economic organisation of the Maya region.

Author : Karen D. Caplan
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804772914

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Indigenous Citizens by Karen D. Caplan Pdf

Indigenous Citizens challenges the commonly held assumption that early nineteenth-century Mexican state-building was a failure of liberalism. By comparing the experiences of two Mexican states, Oaxaca and Yucatán, Caplan shows how the institutions and ideas associated with liberalism became deeply entrenched in Mexico's regions, but only on locally acceptable terms. Faced with the common challenge of incorporating new institutions into political life, Mexicans—be they indigenous villagers, government officials, or local elites—negotiated ways to make those institutions compatible with a range of local interests. Although Oaxaca and Yucatán both had large indigenous majorities, the local liberalisms they constructed incorporated indigenous people differently as citizens. As a result, Oaxaca experienced relative social peace throughout this era, while Yucatán exploded with indigenous rebellion beginning in 1847. This book puts the interaction between local and national liberalisms at the center of the narrative of Mexico's nineteenth century. It suggests that "liberalism" must be understood not as an overarching system imposed on the Mexican nation but rather as a set of guiding assumptions and institutions that Mexicans put to use in locally specific ways.

Author : Paul Sullivan
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822973164

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Xuxub Must Die by Paul Sullivan Pdf

Today, foreigners travel to the Yucatan for ruins, temples, and pyramids, white sand beaches and clear blue water. One hundred years ago, they went for cheap labor, an abundance of land, and the opportunity to make a fortune exporting cattle, henequen fiber, sugarcane, or rum. Sometimes they found death. In 1875 an American plantation manager named Robert Stephens and a number of his workers were murdered by a band of Maya rebels. To this day, no one knows why. Was it the result of feuding between aristocratic families for greater power and wealth? Was it the foreseeable consequence of years of oppression and abuse of Maya plantation workers? Was a rebel leader seeking money and fame—or perhaps retribution for the loss of the woman he loved? For whites, the events that took place at Xuxub, Stephens’s plantation, are virtually unknown, even though they engendered a diplomatic and legal dispute that vexed Mexican-U.S. relations for over six decades. The construction of "official" histories allowed the very name of Xuxub to die, much as the plantation itself was subsumed by the jungle. For the Maya, however, what happened at Xuxub is more than a story they pass down through generations—it is a defining moment in how they see themselves. Sullivan masterfully weaves the intricately tangled threads of this story into a fascinating account of human accomplishments and failings, in which good and evil are never quite what they seem at first, and truth proves to be elusive. Xuxub Must Die seeks not only to fathom a mystery, but also to explore the nature of guilt, blame, and understanding.