Ladinos with Ladinos, Indians with Indians : land, labor, and regional ethnic conflict in the making of Guatemala /

Ladinos with Ladinos, Indians with Indians : land, labor, and regional ethnic conflict in the making of Guatemala /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reeves, René
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Mayas > Guatemala > Ethnic identity.
Mayas > Land tenure > Guatemala.
Mayas > Guatemala > Politics and government.
Ladino (Latin American people) > Guatemala > Ethnic identity.
Ladino (Latin American people) > Land tenure > Guatemala.
Ladino (Latin American people) > Guatemala > Politics and government.
Land reform > Guatemala > History.
Ethnic conflict > Guatemala > History.
Social problems > Guatemala > History.
Guatemala > Ethnic relations.
Guatemala > Social conditions.
Guatemala > Politics and government.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Re-writing Guatemala's nineteenth century
  • The transformation of Mam Quezaltenango from culahá to independence
  • Disputing property : national politics and local ethnic conflict in the formation of a Guatemalan coffee zone
  • Debt, labor coercion, and the expansion of commercial agriculture
  • Intoxicating politics : gender, ethnicity and alcohol in the transition to liberal rule
  • From Ladino state to Ladino nation : the malformation of Guatemalan national identity
  • Popular insurrection, liberal reform, and nation-state formation : final reflections on Guatemala's nineteenth century.