Conflict and carnage in Yucatán : liberals, the Second Empire, and Maya revolutionaries, 1855-1876 /

Conflict and carnage in Yucatán : liberals, the Second Empire, and Maya revolutionaries, 1855-1876 /

The Yucatán Peninsula has one of the longest, most multifaceted histories in the Americas. With the arrival of Europeans, native Maya with long and successful cultural and diplomatic traditions of their own had to grapple with outside forces attempting to impose new templates of life and politics on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richmond, Douglas W., 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Mayas > Yucatán Peninsula > Politics and government > 19th century.
Peasants > Political activity > Yucatán Peninsula > History > 19th century.
Revolutions > Yucatán Peninsula > History > 19th century.
Regionalism > Political aspects > Mexico > History > 19th century.
Liberalism > Mexico > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General.
Yucatán Peninsula > Politics and government > 19th century.
Yucatán Peninsula > History, Military > 19th century.
Mexico > History > 1821-1861.
Mexico > History > European intervention, 1861-1867.
Mexico > Politics and government > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • A Confrontational Foundation : Yucatecan Conflicts from Antiquity to 1821
  • Liberal Oppression and Maya Resistance, 1822-61
  • French Intervention and the Second Empire, 1861-67
  • The Tragedy of the Restored Republic Era, 1867-76.