List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Caste War violence – prospect and state of the art; Part I. Violence and War: 1. Violence in anthropological and sociological perspective; 2. Violence in organized groups; 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: 6. The beginnings; 7. A war of attrition; 8. Rebel consolidation; 9. The end of rebel autonomy; Part IV. Violence and Government Forces: 10. Government forces; 11. Violence and suffering within the government forces; 12. Violence by government forces against others; 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: 18. Civil war, ideology and motivation; 19. Kruso'b and soldiers – parallels and contrasts; 20. Caste War casualties; 21. The Caste War in broader perspective; Appendix 1. Rebel attacks; Appendix 2. Army attacks; Appendix 3. Kruso'b attacks on Pacíficos.
Analyzes the extent and forms of violence in one of the most significant indigenous rural revolts in nineteenth-century Latin America.
Wolfgang Gabbert is Professor of Development Sociology and Cultural Anthropology at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. He is the author Becoming Maya: Ethnicity and Social Inequality in Yucatán since 1500 (2004) and Creoles: Afroamerikaner im karibischen Tiefland von Nicaragua (1992).
'Gabbert's empirically grounded, rigorous analysis of Yucatán's
Caste War sets a new standard for the historical sociology of
violence. This sterling monograph reveals a conflict driven
principally by violence entrepreneurs on both the state and rebel
side. These actors were motivated mainly by a 'war economy' based
on raiding for spoils, and resorted to coercion to enforce their
authority. Seen in this light, Yucatán's epic conflict resembled
contemporary, low-intensity conflicts much more than a millennial
event, ethnic revitalization movement, or racial struggle.' Ben
Fallaw, Colby College, Maine
'The Yucatán Caste War was one of the most significant events in
Mexico's nation-building during the nineteenth century. Wolfgang
Gabbert brings meticulous scholarship – in depth and in scope – to
challenge some long held ideas: that it was a conflict based on
race; that economic and social factors were its primary cause; that
the 'barbarian Indian' was predisposed to violence; that this war
was the most violent of wars in Mexico's century of wars. In this
he succeeds brilliantly.' Barbara Bulmer-Thomas, author of The
Economic History of Belize: From the 17th Century to
Post-Independence
'Gabbert has scoured an enormous range of obscure, hard-to-find
sources … producing a major study on the details of civil war, and
thus a very important contribution to the literature on war and
violence.' E. N. Anderson, Choice
'Combining rigorous historical scholarship with theoretical
insights from anthropology and sociology, Wolfgang Gabbert's latest
monograph undoubtedly ranks … among the most comprehensive and
balanced treatments of Yucatán's Caste War.' Rajeshwari Dutt, The
Americas
'… the book is a meticulously researched aggregation of archival
data that rearticulates the war in a way that destabilizes its
exceptionalism and complicates the essentialism of prevailing
narratives. Any scholar of the longue durée of political violence
will likely find the book deeply engaging.' Tiffany C. Fryer,
Hispanic American Historical Review
'Wolfgang Gabbert places violence at the center of this outstanding
analysis of Yucat´an's Caste War, producing intriguing observations
on its role in rural society and political strife during the
formative century of Mexican state building …' Michael T. Ducey,
Mexican Studies
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