The Machete And The Cross

Author : Don E. Dumond
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803217065
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Machete and the Cross written by Don E. Dumond and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violent class struggles and ethnic conflict mark much of the history of Latin America, continuing in some regions even today. Perhaps the worst and most prolonged of these conflicts was the guerra de las castas or ?Caste War,? an Indian rebellion that tore apart the Yucatan Peninsula for much of the nineteenth century (1847?1903). The struggle was not only ethnic, pitting indigenous peoples against a Hispanic or Hispanicized ruling class, but also economic, involving attacks by rural campesinos on plantation owners, merchants, overseers, and townspeople. The rebels met with sporadic and limited success but still managed at times to remove whole portions of the Yucatan Peninsula from state control. ø Don E. Dumond?s work is the anticipated complete history of the Caste War. Drawing on primary sources, he presents the first comprehensive description of this turbulent century of conflict in Yucatan and sets forth a carefully argued analysis of the reasons and broader social, political, and economic processes underlying the struggle.

Author : Devon Dick
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789766373870
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Baptists of Jamaica : Identity, Ministry and Legacy written by Devon Dick and published by Ian Randle Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Morant Bay Rebellion, otherwise known as the Native Baptist War represents an important watershed in Jamaican history. Traditional historiography has often represented the actions of Paul Bogle hero/villan Baptist Deacon and his followers when they marched on the Morant Bay court house in 1865 as being motivated by mere murderous intent. Thoroughly researched and drawing on original documents attributed to Bogle and other Native Baptists, The Cross and the Machete provides and alternative interpretation of Bogle s actions and introduces a new paradigm for understanding the struggle for equality, justice and liberation. "

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Vision
ISBN 13 : 9780759567573
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Season of the Machete written by James Patterson and published by Vision. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cool and glamorous, they appear to be a successful couple on a holiday. Yet Damian and Carrie Rose are psychopathic murderers for hire. On this picture-perfect vacation island, their target is Peter Macdonald, a dashing young American who forsakes a life of leisure to confront cold-blooded terror. But when they clash in a shocking endgame, a hideous truth will emerge - one that can destroy them all.

Author : Lee Saalfeld
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Machete and the Cross written by Lee Saalfeld and published by Christian Faith Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you prepared for a life-changing moment? Have you experienced a split-second event that could change the direction of your entire life? Or if you knew that you had only ten minutes to live, would you be ready to meet your Maker? Are you equipped to face your ultimate challenge? Missionary Lee Saalfeld experienced such an event in the Amazon Jungle of Ecuador. In The Machete and the Cross, he tells the story of a near-fateful event that night in a dark jungle village. Lee shares how the Lord prepared him for that death-defying moment and led him to his ultimate deliverance. Like Lee, and without any advance warning, you may face a life-threatening situation, and it's vital for you to be ready for whatever comes your way. This book may very well prepare you for that unexpected moment. Inside, you'll discover the following: Why bad things happen to good people--it's simple and yet so misunderstood The tremendous power in your spiritual prayer life How your past experiences can influence your future The confidence of knowing that God has a plan for your life Why obedience is more important than sacrifice

Author : Matthew D. Esposito
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351211609
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A World History of Railway Cultures, 1830-1930 written by Matthew D. Esposito and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 4-volume collection is the first compilation of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Gathered together are over 200 rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. Organized by historical geography, volume 4 considers the Americas

Author : Bruce Vandervort
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134590911
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Wars of Canada, Mexico and the United States, 1812-1900 written by Bruce Vandervort and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated, this unique and fascinating study sheds new light on familiar events. Drawing on anthropology and ethnohistory as well as the 'new military history', this book interprets and compares the way Indians and European Americans waged wars in Canada, Mexico, the USA and Yucatán during the nineteenth century.

Author : Dean E. Arnold
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1492012645
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution of Production Organization in a Maya Community written by Dean E. Arnold and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Evolution of Production Organization in a Maya Community, Dean E. Arnold continues his unique approach to ceramic ethnoarchaeology, tracing the history of potters in Ticul, Yucatán, and their production space over a period of more than four decades. This follow-up to his 2008 work Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution uses narrative to trace the changes in production personnel and their spatial organization through the changes in production organization in Ticul. Although several kinds of production units developed, households were the most persistent units of production in spite of massive social change and the reorientation of pottery production to the tourist market. Entrepreneurial workshops, government-sponsored workshops, and workshops attached to tourist hotels developed more recently but were short-lived, whereas pottery-making households extended deep into the nineteenth century. Through this continuity and change, intermittent crafting, multi-crafting, and potters' increased management of economic risk also factored into the development of the production organization in Ticul. Illustrated with more than 100 images of production units, The Evolution of Production Organization in a Maya Community is an important contribution to the understanding of ceramic production. Scholars with interests in craft specialization, craft production, and demography, as well as specialists in Mesoamerican archaeology, anthropology, history, and economy, will find this volume especially useful.

Author : Karen D. Caplan
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804772916
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indigenous Citizens written by Karen D. Caplan and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous Citizens challenges the commonly held assumption that early nineteenth-century Mexican state-building was a failure of liberalism. By comparing the experiences of two Mexican states, Oaxaca and Yucatán, Caplan shows how the institutions and ideas associated with liberalism became deeply entrenched in Mexico's regions, but only on locally acceptable terms. Faced with the common challenge of incorporating new institutions into political life, Mexicans—be they indigenous villagers, government officials, or local elites—negotiated ways to make those institutions compatible with a range of local interests. Although Oaxaca and Yucatán both had large indigenous majorities, the local liberalisms they constructed incorporated indigenous people differently as citizens. As a result, Oaxaca experienced relative social peace throughout this era, while Yucatán exploded with indigenous rebellion beginning in 1847. This book puts the interaction between local and national liberalisms at the center of the narrative of Mexico's nineteenth century. It suggests that "liberalism" must be understood not as an overarching system imposed on the Mexican nation but rather as a set of guiding assumptions and institutions that Mexicans put to use in locally specific ways.

Author : Jason F. Wright
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101196629
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cross Gardener written by Jason F. Wright and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author, an inspiring story of life, love, and moving on. Married and the father of a young daughter, John Bevan had finally found the traditional family he lacked as an orphaned child. But all that disappears when a fatal car accident steals away his wife-and the unborn child she carried. Filled with sorrow, John withdraws from life and love. He erects a small cross at the scene of his wife's accident and visits daily, grieving. Then one morning he encounters a young man kneeling before the cross, touching it up with white paint. John's conversations and travels with this mysterious man-known to him only as the Cross Gardener-will forever change his world. From Jason F. Wright comes a timeless tale that explores the questions we ask when our lives are touched by loss: How do we carry on? And who will show us the way? The answers John Bevan finds illuminate the hope that even in our darkest hours we are not alone.

Author : Nelson A. Reed
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804740012
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Caste War of Yucatán written by Nelson A. Reed and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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. This 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. Reviews of the First Edition "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." --American Historical Review "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." --American Anthropologist "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." --Los Angeles Times "One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years." --Hispanic American Report