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To see with two eyes : peasant activism & Indian autonomy in Chiapas, Mexico / Shannan L. Mattiace.

Title
To see with two eyes : peasant activism & Indian autonomy in Chiapas, Mexico / Shannan L. Mattiace.
Author
Mattiace, Shannan L.
Publication
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2003.

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Description
xviii, 204 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Shannan Matiace looks at political consciousness amongst Indians of the Chiapas in Mexico, tracing how it has developed from the founding of peasants' associations in the 1930s to the recent Zapatista uprising.
Subject
  • 1990-2000
  • Chiapas (Mexico) > History > Peasant Uprising, 1994-
  • Indians of Mexico > Chiapas > Government relations
  • Indians of Mexico > Chiapas > Politics and government
  • Mayas > Chiapas > Government relations
  • Mayas > Chiapas > Politics and government
  • Since 1994
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The politics of culture -- "Somos campesinos" : land and agrarian politics -- Vignette 1: No more fear -- State, nation, and the "Indian question" -- Vignette 2: After January 1, 1994 : Indigenismo -- Tierra, libertad, y autonoma̕ : Indian autonomy and the EZLN uprising -- Vignette 3: The Voice of the Southern Border : XEVFS -- The dialogue of San Andres and Mexico's transition to democracy -- Vignette 4: Women's rights and Indian law -- Conclusion: Ethnic autonomy regimes in Latin America.
ISBN
0826323154 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2003007239
OCLC
51944364
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library