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Rebellion in Chiapas An Historical Reader

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ISBN-10: 1565844521

ISBN-13: 9781565844520

Edition: 1999

Authors: John Womack Jr., Nina Luttinger, John Womack

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Rebellion in Chiapas opens with a major new essay by John Womack, examining the Zapatista revolt and chronicling the attempts at a negotiated peace. A range of primary source documents then reveal the roots of the rebellion.
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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 3/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas
Cities, Towns, and the Villages of Chiapas's Central Highlands
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chiapas, the Bishop of San Cristobal, and the Zapatista Revolt
Readings
Las Casas and the Encomenderos of San Cristobal: Chiapas, 1545
Presumptuous and Arrogant Gentlemen, Poisonous Gentlewomen: San Cristobal, 1626
Rebellion in the Highlands: The Revolt of Cancuc, 1712
A Ladino Massacre of Highland Indians: The Caste War of 1869
The Mexican Revolution in Tzotzil: "When We Stopped Being Crushed," 1914-1940
Migrant Labor in the Lumber Camps: The Jungle, Mud, Oxen, and Doomsday, c. 1925
Migrant Labor on the Coffee Plantations: Debt, Lies, Drink, Hard Work, and the Union, 1920s-1930s
The Church's New Mission in a De-Christianized Continent: Bishop Ruiz in Medellin, 1968
Exodus in Chiapas: The Tzeltal Catechism of Liberation, Ocosingo, 1972
Las Casas Recalled, Indians Informed, Organized, United, and Defiant: The Congress of San Cristobal, 1974
Tzotzil and Chol Struggles in the North: Land, Labor, and the CIOAC, the Farm Workers and Peasants Independent Central, 1977, 1978, 1984
The Proletarian Line: From Torreon to the Canyons, 1976-77
Agrarian Struggles in the Central Valley: Peasant Mobilization and the OCEZ, 1980-82
Revolutionaries from Monterrey to Chiapas: The FLN, 1980
The Diocese's Most Radical Declaration: The Plan, San Cristobal, 1986
Salinas's Form of Social Organization: Solidarity, 1988-94
In Patihuitz Canyon, in the Breach, in Revolt: La Sultana, 1960-94
Governor Gonzalez's Penal Code: Tuxtla Gutierrez, 1990
A Silent Cry of Sorrowful Warning: Bishop Ruiz's Pastoral Letter, cc. Pope John Paul II, August 6, 1993
ENOUGH!: The Zapatista Declaration of War, January 1, 1994
Revolutionary Legislation: The EZLN's New Laws, January 1994
Thanks to the Zapatistas: Chamula and Its Exiles, January-February, 1994
The Zapatistas Are Indians, the Government Is Responsive: San Cristobal, Mexico City, February 21-March 2, 1994
The Sovereignty of Civil Society: The Second Declaration, June 10, 1994
The Movement for National Liberation: The Third Declaration, January 1, 1995
Civil Society and the Zapatista Front: The Fourth Declaration from the Jungle, January 1, 1996
The First Accords: Indian Rights and Culture, San Andres, February 1996
Marcos's Reflections: Just Another Organization or Something Truly New? La Realidad, August 1996
Organizing the Zapatista Front: Principles, Proposals, and Virtual Force, August 1997
The Civil War in the Highlands: Acteal, December 22, 1997
Marcos and the Ark on the Mountain: San Cristobal, July 15-16, 1998
Recognize Indian Rights and Stop the War: The Fifth Declaration, July 19, 1998
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