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Rebellion now and forever : Mayas, Hispanics, and caste war violence in Yucatan, 1800-1880 / Terry Rugeley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rugeley, Terry, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayas--Wars.
- Mayas.
- Mayas--Yucatan Peninsula--History--19th century.
- Ethnic conflict--Yucatan Peninsula--History--19th century.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Yucatán (Mexico : State)--History--Caste War, 1847-1855.
- Yucatán (Mexico : State).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (826 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a process that will seem tragically familiar to modern-day readers, this book charts the origins and progress of two generations of seemingly endless violence and political instability, set against the backdrop of Yucatán, Mexico.
- 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 Iman.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-458) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804771306
- 0804771308
- OCLC:
- 469184449
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