Empire on edge : the British struggle for order in Belize during Yucatan's Caste War, 1847-1901 / Rajeshwari Dutt, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
Introduction -- Business as usual : Mayas and merchants on the Yucatán-Belize border at the onset of the Caste War -- Ungoverned passions : Mayas and Hispanic refugees in Belize, 1853-1861 -- Costs of protection : securing Belizean borders during Maximilian's Empire in Mexico, 1864-1867 -- Uneasy alliances : British officials and the Santa Cruz Maya during the Maximilian years, 1863-1867 -- The enemy within : Hispanics and the threat of Maya raids, 1867-1880 -- Loyal subjects : Hispanics in the vision of a Belizean colonial nation, 1882-1898 -- Conclusion
Summary
Reveals how British officials attempted to understand and impose order on northern Belize during the second half of the nineteenth century