Ladinos with Ladinos, Indians with Indians
Subtitle: land, labor, and regional ethnic conflict in the making of Guatemala
By: René Reeves.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Re-writing Guatemala's nineteenth century; title: The transformation of Mam Quezaltenango from culahá to independence; title: Disputing property : national politics and local ethnic conflict in the formation of a Guatemalan coffee zone; title: Debt, labor coercion, and the expansion of commercial agriculture; title: Intoxicating politics : gender, ethnicity and alcohol in the transition to liberal rule; title: From Ladino state to Ladino nation : the malformation of Guatemalan national identity; title: Popular insurrection, liberal reform, and nation-state formation : final reflections on Guatemala's nineteenth century.