Native Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas

by Nicholas A. Robins

This book investigates three Indian revolts in the Americas: the 1680 uprising of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish; the Great Rebellion in Bolivia, 1780-82; and the Caste War of Yucatan that began in 1849 and was not finally crushed until 1903. Nicholas A. Robins examines their causes, course, nature, leadership, and goals. He finds common features: they were revitalization movements that were both millenarian and exterminatory in their means...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253346169
• ISBN13: 9780253346162
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher