{"product_id":"the-caste-war-of-yucatzan-revised-edition-9780804740012","title":"The Caste War of Yucatán: Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history--the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatán against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847. Within a year, the Maya rebels had almost succeeded in driving their oppressors from the peninsula; by 1855, when the major battles ended, the war had killed or put to flight almost half of the population of Yucatán. A new religion built around a Speaking Cross supported their independence for over fifty years, and that religion survived the eventual Maya defeat and continues today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis revised edition is based on further research in the archives and in the field, and draws on the research by a new generation of scholars who have labored since the book's original publication 36 years ago. One of the most significant results of this research is that it has put a human face on much that had heretofore been treated as semi-mythical.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReviews of the First Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatán in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In this beautifully written history of a little-known struggle between several contending forces in Yucatán, Reed has added an important dimension to anthropological studies in this area.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Not only is this exciting history (as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction) but it covers events unaccountably neglected by historians. . . . This is a brilliant contribution to history. . . . Don't miss this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHispanic American Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNelson Reed is an independent scholar who is a longtime student of Yucatecan history and Mississippian archaeology.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503870152978,"sku":"9780804740012","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4976029d-300f-4bc3-a61d-9f29bc2ebbf4.jpg?v=1730801445","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-caste-war-of-yucatzan-revised-edition-9780804740012","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}