Land, labor & capital in modern Yucatán : essays in regional history and political economy / edited by Jeffery T. Brannon and Gilbert M. Joseph.

Contents Introduction : the new regional historiography at Mexico's periphery / Gilbert M. Joseph -- Everyday forms of Mayan resistance : cattle rustling in Northwestern Yucatán, 1821-1847 / José Arturo Güémez Pineda -- Decolonization, the agrarian problem, and the origins of the Caste War, 1812-1847 / Robert W. Patch -- Capital-labor relations on a colonial frontier : nineteenth-century Northern Belize / Ángel E. Cal -- From hacienda to plantation : the transformation of Santo Domingo Xcuyum / Allen Wells -- Capitalism on the tropical-forest frontier : Quintana Roo, 1880s to 1930 / Herman W. Konrad -- Salvador Alvarado and the agrarian reform in Yucatán, 1915-1918 : federal obstruction of regional social change / Ramón D. Chacón.
Contents The rise and fall of the planter class in Espita, 1900-1924 / Rosemary L. Batt -- Workers against socialism? : reassessing the role of urban labor in Yucatecan revolutionary politics / Daniela Spenser -- Conclusion : Yucatecan political economy in broader perspective / Jeffrey T. Brannon.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-313) and index.
Other titleLand, labor, and capital in modern Yucatán.
LCCN 90046746
ISBN0817305556 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HC137.Y8 L36 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold