Forest Society : A Social History of Petén, Guatemala / Norman B. Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Norman B., Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

The Ethnohistory Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chicle industry--Guatemala--Petén (Department).

Chicle industry.

Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Petén (Department)--History.

Indians of Central America.

Ladino (Latin American people)--History.

Ladino (Latin American people).

Mayas--History.

Mayas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.) : 21 illus.

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512806786

1512806781

OCLC:

979882518