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The Black middle : Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in colonial Yucatan
- Title
- The Black middle : Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in colonial Yucatan / Matthew Restall.
- Author
- Restall, Matthew, 1964-
- Publication
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.
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- Description
- xviii, 433 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Based on Spanish and Maya language documents from the 16th through 19th centuries, examines the lives of black African slaves and others of African descent, exploring topics such as slavery and freedom, militia service, family life, witchcraft, and other ways in which Afro-Yucantecans interacted with Mayas and Spaniards.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : making the boatloads visible -- Involuntary colonists -- People as property -- Race and rank -- Ways of work -- Ways up and ways out -- Communities -- Magical meetings -- Conclusion : the Afro-Yucatecan middle.
- Call Number
- Sc F 10-142
- ISBN
- 9780804749831 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0804749833
- LCCN
- 2008036651
- 40016863098
- OCLC
- 256533135
- Author
- Restall, Matthew, 1964-
- Title
- The Black middle : Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in colonial Yucatan / Matthew Restall.
- Imprint
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40016863098
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 10-142