Riot!: Tobacco, Reform and Violence in Eighteenth-Century Papantla, Mexico

by Jake Frederick

Book Overview

An exploration of the Totonac native community of Papantla, Veracruz, during the last half of the eighteenth century. Told through the lens of violent revolt, this is the first book-length study devoted to Papantla during the colonial era. The book tells the story of a native community confronting significant disruption of its agricultural tradition, and the violence that change provoked. Papantla's story is told in the form of an investigation into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789760186
• ISBN13: 9781789760187
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"