Colonialism and Resistance in Belize: Essays in Historical SociologyCubola Productions, 2003 - 239 pages The social history of Belize is marked by conflict; between British settlers and the Maya; between masters and slaves; between capitalists and workers; and between the colonial administration and the Belizean people. This collection of essays, analyzes the most import topics during three centuries of colonialism. |
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Belize Town in the Nineteenth Century | 78 |
Colonization and the Maya in the Nineteenth | 99 |
Labour Control Resistance and the Labour | 157 |
Politics in Belize | 172 |
Decolonization and Nationhood | 197 |
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18th century agricultural alcaldes Arthur Bay of Honduras Belize City Belize River Belize Town Belizean Creole Benque Viejo Bolland British Honduras British settlement British settlers Burdon Caribbean Cayo cent Chichanhá claimed colonial administration Colonial Office communities continued Corozal Crown Lands cutters Despard District economic elected employers ethnic groups export free coloured Garifuna Governor Henderson 1809 Ibid Icaiché immigrants important Indians inhabitants Jamaica labour control Legislative logwood London Longden magistrates mahogany mahogany camps major manumission March masters Maya Mestizo Mosquito Shore nationalist Negroes nineteenth century number of slaves organization party percent plantation plural society political population Price reported reserves revolt Rio Hondo San Pedro Santa Cruz Seymour Sibun Sibun River slavery slaves Soberanis social Spaniards Spanish Stann Creek sugar Superintendent timber Toledo District trade traditions truck system unemployed union villages wages West Indies workers Yalbac Yucatán