Native insurgencies and the genocidal impulse in the Americas / / Nicholas A. Robins

• Autore: Robins Nicholas A. <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/4/0980903
• Soggetto topico: Pueblo Revolt, 1680
• Soggetto geografico: Yucatan (Mexico : State) History Caste War, 1847-1855; Peru History Insurrection of Tupac Amaru, 1780-1781; La Paz (Bolivia) History Siege, 1781
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references p. ([275]-286) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Millennialism, nativism, and genocide -- Creation through extermination : native efforts to eliminate the Hispanic presence in the Americas -- Nativism, caste wars, and the exterminatory impulse -- Rebellion and relative deprivation -- Leadership and division -- Atrocity as metaphor : the symbolic language of rebellion -- Cultural assimilation in the native world -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 an
• Titolo autorizzato: Native insurgencies and the genocidal impulse in the Americas
• ISBN: 1-282-07266-8; 9786612072666; 0-253-11167-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828655803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II