Maya society under colonial rule : the collective enterprise of survival / by Nancy M. Farriss.

Author
Farriss, Nancy M. (Nancy Marguerite), 1938- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1984.
Description
xii, 585 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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        Summary note
        "This is a study of the Maya Indians of Yucatan, Mexico, from late preconquest times through the end of Spanish colonial rules (ca. 1500-1820). It takes the form of an historical ethnography, which attempts to reconstruct the Maya world in as comprehensive a fashion as possible--by relating ecology and modes of subsistence to social forms and belief systems--and to trace changes in that world within the larger colonial context"--Preface.
        Notes
        Includes index.
        Bibliographic references
        Bibliography: p. 543-567.
        Contents
        • A colonial regime
        • Indian reactions and Spanish modifications
        • A divided colonial world
        • The elusive social bond
        • Creation of the colonial community
        • Snags and tears in the social fabric
        • Population movements: the fraying edges
        • Maya elites: the fixed center
        • Survival as a corporate enterprise
        • The cosmic order in crisis
        • Maintaining the cosmos
        • The second conquest.
        ISBN
        • 0691076685 ((alk. paper))
        • 9780691076683 ((alk. paper))
        • 0691101582 ((lim. pbk. ed.))
        • 9780691101583 ((lim. pbk. ed.))
        LCCN
        83043071
        OCLC
        9970717
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