Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 289 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0253346169
Content:
This book investigates three Indian revolts in the Americas: the 1680 uprising of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish; the Great Rebellion in Bolivia, 1780--82; and the Caste War of Yucatan that began in 1849 and was not finally crushed until 1903. Nicholas A. Robins examines their causes, course, nature, leadership, and goals. He finds common features: they were revitalization movements that were both millenarian and exterminatory in their means and objectives; they sought to restore native rule and t
Note:
Includes bibliographical references p. ([275]-286) and index
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Millennialism, Nativism, and Genocide; 3. Creation through Extermination: Native Efforts to Eliminatethe Hispanic Presence in the Americas; 4. Nativism, Caste Wars, and the Exterminatory Impulse; 5. Rebellion and Relative Deprivation; 6. Leadership and Division; 7. Atrocity as Metaphor: The Symbolic Language of Rebellion; 8. Cultural Assimilation in the Native World; 9. Conclusion; Appendixes; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253346162
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Native Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas
Language:
English
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