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- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Caste War Violence – Prospect and State of the Art
- Part I Violence and War
- Part II Violence in Yucatán Before and Beyond the Caste War, 1821–1901
- Part III The Caste War and Violence: An Overview
- Part IV Violence and the Government Forces
- Part V Violence and the Kruso’b
- 13 The Social Composition of the Rebel Movement
- 14 Of Loot and Lumber: the Kruso’b Economy
- 15 Kruso’b Politics and Religion
- 16 Violence among the Kruso’b
- 17 Kruso’b Violence against Outsiders
- Part VI Intricacies of Caste War Violence
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page ii)
16 - Violence among the Kruso’b
from Part V - Violence and the Kruso’b
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 August 2019
- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Caste War Violence – Prospect and State of the Art
- Part I Violence and War
- Part II Violence in Yucatán Before and Beyond the Caste War, 1821–1901
- Part III The Caste War and Violence: An Overview
- Part IV Violence and the Government Forces
- Part V Violence and the Kruso’b
- 13 The Social Composition of the Rebel Movement
- 14 Of Loot and Lumber: the Kruso’b Economy
- 15 Kruso’b Politics and Religion
- 16 Violence among the Kruso’b
- 17 Kruso’b Violence against Outsiders
- Part VI Intricacies of Caste War Violence
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page ii)
Summary
The use of physical force was a common experience among the kruso’b in the second half of the nineteenth century. Up to the 1870s, they suffered repeated assaults by government forces. In turn, they exerted violence for practical and expressive purposes against Yucatecan soldiers and civilians, as well as against various pacífico groups, searching for loot, scaring Yucatecans away from their frontier settlements, demoralizing soldiers etc. The chapter discusses the changes in the armament of the rebels and their guerrilla tactics. Kruso’b assaulted settlements in Yucatán ranging from small, entirely Indian hamlets to haciendas, villages and larger towns. Obvious targets were army soldiers, National Guard members, those involved in the self-defense of settlements, and Indians in positions of authority. The kruso’b killed or captured Indians, vecinos, men and women, children and the elderly indiscriminately. Kruso’b behavior during and after raids on Yucatecan or pacífico settlements did not follow a uniform pattern. While members of a certain age, gender or administrative category were slain in some cases, they were spared in others. The taking and the treatment of captives depended on a number of factors, changing rebel needs for labor being one of the most important.
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- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán , pp. 192 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019