Invención criolla, sueño ladino, pesadilla indígena : Los Altos de Guatemala : de región a Estado, 1740-1850 / Arturo Taracena Arriola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taracena Arriola, Arturo.

Contributor:

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Quetzaltenango (Guatemala)--History.

Quetzaltenango (Guatemala).

Guatemala--History.

Guatemala.

History.

Physical Description:

435 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates (7 folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Antigua, Guatemala : Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica ; San José, Costa Rica : Porvenir, [1997?]

Summary:

"Supported by rural small holders, creole and ladino elites of Quezaltenango, Guatemala, sought autonomy for western highlands, first as part of Mexico, then as independent state in Central American Federation. Attributes failure to elite's refusal to include indigenous majority in schemes, except as taxpayers and cheap labor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

OCLC:

36856721