"Brilliant, bold, and beautifully written from the first page to the last, "The Blood of Guatemala "convincingly challenges previous interpretations of the histories of ethnicity, commmunity, state, nation, and nationalism in Guatemala. Greg Grandin has skillfully united the disciplines of history and anthropology; he is part of a new generation of committed, sophisticated, and clearheaded intellectuals."--Deborah Levenson, Boston College
"Brilliant, bold, and beautifully written from the first page to the last, "The Blood of Guatemala "convincingly challenges previous interpretations of the histories of ethnicity, commmunity, state, nation, and nationalism in Guatemala. Greg Grandin has skillfully united the disciplines of history and anthropology; he is part of a new generation of committed, sophisticated, and clearheaded intellectuals."--Deborah Levenson, Boston College
List of Illustrations xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Searching for the Living among the Dead 1 Prelude: A World Put Right, 31 March 1840 20 1. The Greatest Indian City in the World: Caste, Gender, and Politics, 1750-1821 25 2. Defending the Pueblo: Popular Protests and Elite Politics, 1786-1826 54 3. A Pestilent Nationalism: The 1837 Cholera Epidemic Reconsidered 82 4. A House with Two Masters: Carrera and the Restored Republic of Indians 99 5. Principales to Patrones, macehuales to Mozos: Land, Labor, and the Commodification of Community 110 6. Regenerating the Race: Race, Class, and the Nationalization of Ethnicity 130 7. Time and Space among the Maya: Mayan Modernism and the Transformation of the City 159 8. The Blood of Guatemalans: Class Struggle and the Death of K'iche' Nationalism 198 Conclusions: The Limits of Nation, 1954-1999 220 Epilogue: The Living among the Dead 234 Appendix 1 Names and Places 237 Appendix 2 Glossary 241 Notes 243 Works Cited 315 Index 337
List of Illustrations xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Searching for the Living among the Dead 1 Prelude: A World Put Right, 31 March 1840 20 1. The Greatest Indian City in the World: Caste, Gender, and Politics, 1750-1821 25 2. Defending the Pueblo: Popular Protests and Elite Politics, 1786-1826 54 3. A Pestilent Nationalism: The 1837 Cholera Epidemic Reconsidered 82 4. A House with Two Masters: Carrera and the Restored Republic of Indians 99 5. Principales to Patrones, macehuales to Mozos: Land, Labor, and the Commodification of Community 110 6. Regenerating the Race: Race, Class, and the Nationalization of Ethnicity 130 7. Time and Space among the Maya: Mayan Modernism and the Transformation of the City 159 8. The Blood of Guatemalans: Class Struggle and the Death of K'iche' Nationalism 198 Conclusions: The Limits of Nation, 1954-1999 220 Epilogue: The Living among the Dead 234 Appendix 1 Names and Places 237 Appendix 2 Glossary 241 Notes 243 Works Cited 315 Index 337
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