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Author Dutt, Rajeshwari, 1981- author.

Title 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
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mayas -- Wars -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Boundaries
British colonies
Colonies -- Administration
Mayas -- Wars
SUBJECT Belize -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century
Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- History -- Caste War, 1847-1855. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149424
Belize -- Boundaries -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- Boundaries -- Belize
Subject Belize
Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020000052
ISBN 9781108642309
1108642306
9781316997574
131699757X
Other Titles British struggle for order in Belize during Yucatan's Caste War, 1847-1901