{"product_id":"maya-british-conflict-at-the-edge-christine-a-kray-9781646425648","title":"Maya-British Conflict at the Edge of the Yucatecan Caste War","description":"\u003ci\u003eMaya-British Conflict at the Edge of the Yucatecan Caste War \u003c\/i\u003einterrogates the 1862 alliance forged between the San Pedro Maya and the British during the Caste War of Yucat疣 (1847-1901). Illuminating the complex interactions among Maya groups, Yucatecans of Spanish descent, and British settlers in what is now Belize, Christine A. Kray uses storytelling techniques, suspense, and humor, via historical documents and oral history interviews to tell a new story about the dynamics at the heart of the Social War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Official British declarations of neutrality in the Caste War were confounded by a variety of political and economic factors, including competing land claims befuddled by a tangled set of treaties, mahogany extraction by British companies in contested territories, Maya rent demands, British trade in munitions to different groups of Maya combatants, and a labor system reliant on debt servitude. All these factors contributed to uneasy alliances and opportunistic crossings of imagined geopolitical borders in both directions, ultimately leading to a new military conflict in the western and northern regions of the territory claimed by Britain. What frequently began as hyper-local disputes spun out into international affairs as actors called upon more powerful groups for assistance. Evading reductionism, this work traces the decisions and actions of key figures as they maneuvered through the miasma of violence, abuse, deception, fear, flight, and glimpses of freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Positioning the historiographic and ethnographic gaze on the English side without adopting the colonialist narratives and objectives found in English repositories, \u003ci\u003eMaya-British Conflict at the Edge of the Yucatecan Caste War \u003c\/i\u003eis an important and original contribution to a neglected area of study. It will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers interested in anthropology, Latin American cultures and history, Central American history, British imperialism, Indigenous rights, political anthropology, and colonialism and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine A. Kray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646425642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646425648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.71d","brand":"Christine A. Kray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169648996607,"sku":"9781646425648","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83a763ca-c425-4e74-9e42-470b36fbd7cd.jpg?v=1689654135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maya-british-conflict-at-the-edge-christine-a-kray-9781646425648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}