Land, Labor, and Capital in Modern Yucatán: Essays in Regional History and Political Economy

An interdisciplinary collection of articles grouped into sections on the erosion of traditional society--the early expansion of commercial agriculture and the Mayan response; forging the new order--commercial agriculture and export dependency; and revolutionary challenges to the plantation regime. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Contents Preface A Brief Chronology 1 The Ascendancy of the Regional Approach to Mexican History 2 Everyday Forms of Mayan Resistance: Cattle Rustling in Northwestern Yucatán, 1821-1847 3 Decolonization, the Agrarian Problem, and the Origins ofthe Caste War, 1812-1847 4 Capital-Labor Relations on a Colonial Frontier: Nineteenth-Century Northern Belize 5 From Hacienda to Plantation: The Transformation of Santo Domingo Xcuyum 6 Capitalism on the Tropical-Forest Frontier: Quintana Roo, 1880s to 1930 7 Salvador Alvarado and Agrarian Reform in Yucatán, 1915-1918: Federal Obstruction of Regional Social Change 8 The Rise and Fall of the Planter Class in Espita, 1900-1924 9 Workers Against Socialism? Reassessing the Role of Urban Labor in Yucatecan Revolutionary Politics 10 Conclusion: Yucatecan Political Economy in Broader Perspective Glossary Selected Bibliography r Contributors r Index