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- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Caste War Violence – Prospect and State of the Art
- Part I Violence and War
- Part II Violence in Yucatán Before and Beyond the Caste War, 1821–1901
- Part III The Caste War and Violence: An Overview
- 6 The Beginnings
- 7 A War of Attrition
- 8 Rebel Consolidation
- 9 The End of Rebel Autonomy
- Part IV Violence and the Government Forces
- Part V Violence and the Kruso’b
- Part VI Intricacies of Caste War Violence
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page ii)
7 - A War of Attrition
from Part III - The Caste War and Violence: An Overview
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 August 2019
- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Caste War Violence – Prospect and State of the Art
- Part I Violence and War
- Part II Violence in Yucatán Before and Beyond the Caste War, 1821–1901
- Part III The Caste War and Violence: An Overview
- 6 The Beginnings
- 7 A War of Attrition
- 8 Rebel Consolidation
- 9 The End of Rebel Autonomy
- Part IV Violence and the Government Forces
- Part V Violence and the Kruso’b
- Part VI Intricacies of Caste War Violence
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page ii)
Summary
Freed from constant persecution by army squads, rebel society consolidated in the late 1850s. Chan Santa Cruz and other villages in the surroundings and in the direction of Bacalar were transformed into more solid settlements. The Caste War rebels (kruso’b) gradually regained the initiative in the struggle with Yucatán and maintained it up to the end of the century. The reduction in military pressure opened up new opportunities to assault frontier settlements. In contrast to the first phase of the war and as a result of their reduced military capacity, the rebels refrained from the notion of conquering or controlling territory. Instead, they developed a pattern of surprise attacks to loot cattle, pigs, mules, horses and valuables, selling them in Belize in exchange for arms, ammunition and other essential supplies.
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- Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán , pp. 68 - 78Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019