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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
- 3 The Context
- 4 Misery and Everyday Violence: Lower-Class Rural Life
- 5 Political Violence before and beyond the Caste War
- Part III The Caste War and Violence: An Overview
- Part IV Violence and the Government Forces
- Part V Violence and the Kruso’b
- Part VI Intricacies of Caste War Violence
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page ii)
5 - Political Violence before and beyond the Caste War
from Part II - Violence in Yucatán Before and Beyond the Caste War, 1821–1901
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
- 3 The Context
- 4 Misery and Everyday Violence: Lower-Class Rural Life
- 5 Political Violence before and beyond the Caste War
- Part III The Caste War and Violence: An Overview
- Part IV Violence and the Government Forces
- Part V Violence and the Kruso’b
- Part VI Intricacies of Caste War Violence
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page ii)
Summary
The chronological outline of the principal events and phases of the uprising serves as guideline and contextualization for the more topical discussions in subsequent chapters. This chapter discusses the origins of the Caste War in the strife between two Yucatecan political factions in 1847 and describes the advance of the rebels up to mid 1848, their retreat to the southeast of the peninsula due to internal discord and the arrival of government troop reinforcements. Particular attention is given to the most intense combat period that saw a ruthless counterinsurgency campaign lasting until the mid 1850s. The rebels were indomitable, however, and created independent polities whose autonomy endured until 1901, when Mexican forces finally crushed rebel resistance in a massive military offensive.
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- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán , pp. 48 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019