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“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 Yucatan in the 19th and 20th centuries.”—American Historical Review
“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 Yucatan in the 19th and 20th centuries.”—American Historical Review
“Exciting history as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction. . . . Don’t miss this book.”—Los Angeles Times
“One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years.”—Hispanic American Report
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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
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
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The death of billions of Tertiary and Holocene creatures; their deposit at the bottom of a warm, shallow sea; their formation into one great lime- stone bed; the eventual rising of that mass above water to become the peninsula of Yucatan-these remote events helped to shape the troubles of 1847. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nohoch tata, maestro cantor, caste war, speaking cross, stone barricades, gente decente, ooo pesos, corn gruel, jefe politico, forward camps, tres personas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chan Santa Cruz, Jacinto Pat, Venancio Puc, Cecilio Chi, Juan de la Cruz, British Honduras, Santa Anna, United States, Bonifacio Novelo, Vera Cruz, General Vega, Colonel Rosado, General May, Rio Hondo, Cepeda Peraza, Colonel Cetina, Crescencio Poot, Carrillo Puerto, San Benito, Mexico City, Quintana Roo, Venancio Pec, Florentino Chan, Maria Barrera, General Bravo New!
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The death of billions of Tertiary and Holocene creatures; their deposit at the bottom of a warm, shallow sea; their formation into one great lime- stone bed; the eventual rising of that mass above water to become the peninsula of Yucatan-these remote events helped to shape the troubles of 1847. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nohoch tata, maestro cantor, caste war, speaking cross, stone barricades, gente decente, ooo pesos, corn gruel, jefe politico, forward camps, tres personas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chan Santa Cruz, Jacinto Pat, Venancio Puc, Cecilio Chi, Juan de la Cruz, British Honduras, Santa Anna, United States, Bonifacio Novelo, Vera Cruz, General Vega, Colonel Rosado, General May, Rio Hondo, Cepeda Peraza, Colonel Cetina, Crescencio Poot, Carrillo Puerto, San Benito, Mexico City, Quintana Roo, Venancio Pec, Florentino Chan, Maria Barrera, General Bravo New!
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- Unfinished Conversations: Mayas and Foreigners between Two Wars by Paul Sullivan in Back Matter
- Maya Missions: Exploring Colonial Yucatan by Richard D. Perry in Back Matter
- The Twentieth Maine by John J. Pullen in Back Matter
- Word And Image In Maya Culture: Explorations in Language, Writing, and Representation by William F Hanks in Back Matter
- The Civil War by Gina De Angelis on page 251
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- Maya Society under Colonial Rule by Nancy Marguerite Farriss on 4 pages
- The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas (Part 2) by Richard E. W. Adams on page 41, page 375, and page 388
- Dueling Eagles: Reinterpreting the U. S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848 by Richard V. Francaviglia on page 146, and page 148
- Endangered Peoples of Latin America: Struggles to Survive and Thrive (The Greenwood Press "Endangered Peoples of the World" Series) by Susan C. Stonich on page 15, and page 16
- Where the Sky is Born: Living in the Land of the Maya by Jeanine Lee Kitchel on page 163, and Back Matter
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