Ladinos with Ladinos, Indians with Indians [electronic resource] : land, labor, and regional ethnic conflict in the making of Guatemala / Ren�e Reeves.
By: Reeves, Ren�e.
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BookPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006Description: viii, 249 p. : maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 323.1197/4207281 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-244) and index.
Introduction: Re-writing Guatemala's nineteenth century -- The transformation of Mam Quezaltenango from culah�a 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.
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