Outside the hacienda walls : the archaeology of plantation peonage in nineteenth-century Yucatán / Allan Meyers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyers, Allan Dale.

Series:

Archaeology of colonialism in native North America.

Archaeology of colonialism in Native North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--Antiquities.

Mayas.

Indians of Mexico--Mixed descent--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--Antiquities.

Indians of Mexico.

Plantation workers--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--Social conditions--19th century.

Plantation workers.

Haciendas--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--History--19th century.

Haciendas.

Peonage--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--History--19th century.

Peonage.

Social status--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--History--19th century.

Social status.

Villages--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--History--19th century.

Villages.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Yucatán (State).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Antiquities.

Yucatán (Mexico : State).

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Social conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxi, 219 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Mexican Revolution was a tumultuous struggle for social and political reform that ousted an autocrat and paved the way for a new national constitution.The conflict, however, came late to Yucatán, where a network of elite families with largely European roots held the reins of government.

Contents:

The Death of Pablo Chan

The Birth of an Expedition

Chronicle of an Estate

Life and Debt beyond the Walls

A Village Rediscovered

The Social Order in Clay and Stone

Where the Garbage Went

If Floors Could Talk

Return to the Light.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8165-9961-0

1-299-27656-3

OCLC:

830085685