This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history - the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatan against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847.
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" One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years." -- "Hispanic American Report"
" Exciting history as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction. . . . Don' t miss this book." -- "Los Angeles Times"
Reviews of the First Edition
" Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatan in the 19th and 20th centuries." -- "American Historical Review"
Reviews of the First Edition
"Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatan in the 19th and 20th centuries.""American Historical Review""
Reviews of the First Edition
"Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatan in the 19th and 20th centuries."--American Historical Review
"Exciting history as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction. . . . Don't miss this book."--Los Angeles Times
"One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years."--Hispanic American Report
"All academic and many public libraries have copies of Reed's 1964 classic in Latin American History, a masterfully narrated study of one of the longest and most successful of Indian rebellions. . . . Now, he has revised his book, and in over 100 additional pages incorporated the most important of the new research. . . . This updated edition of Reed's history will remain an essential and widely read overview of a fascinating chapter in New World history. All levels and collections."--Choice
Reviews of the First Edition"Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatan in the 19th and 20th centuries."--American Historical Review
-Exciting history as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction. . . . Don't miss this book.---Los Angeles Times
Reviews of the First Edition
"Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatan in the 19th and 20th centuries."--American Historical Review
"Exciting history as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction. . . . Don't miss this book."--Los Angeles Times
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Wear to cover. Spots to side page ends. 308 pages. A narrative history of the 1847 Maya uprising in Yucatan, tracing the rebels' near-conquest of the peninsula, the emergence of the Speaking Cross religion that sustained their independence for decades, and the social and economic conditions that drove one of Mexico's longest and most consequential indigenous revolts. Keywords: Maya Rebellion, Speaking Cross, Chan Santa Cruz, Cruzob Warriors, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexican History, Mestizo Conflict, 1847 Uprising, Mayan Religion, Quintana Roo, Hacienda System, Indian Revolt. Seller Inventory # 180298
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