Invención criolla, sueño ladino, pesadilla indígena
Subtitle: Los Altos de Guatemala : de región a estado, 1740-1871
By: Arturo Taracena Arriola
Edition: 2. ed.], ed. corr. / al cuidado de Ariel Ribeaux Diago y Paola Ketmaier.
Publisher: Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica (CIRMA)
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Antigua, Guatemala
Language: spa
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Politics and government; History; Indians of Central America
Description: "Supported by rural small holders, creole and ladino elites of Quezaltenango, Guatemala, sought autonomy for western highlands, first as part of Mexico, then as independent state in Central American Federation. Attributes failure to elite's refusal to include indigenous majority in schemes, except as taxpayers and cheap labor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.