The Gridiron Plan and the Caste System in Colonial Central America

Chapters in this book

1. I-XIV I
2. Introduction 1
3. SECTION ONE: General Theoretical Considerations
4. Notes on Las Casas Ideological and Political Practice 15
5. Alternatives to Ethnocide: Human Zoos, Living Museums, and Real People 31
6. The Right of the Third World to Develop in Its Own Way and Remarks on the Idea of "Change" 51
7. SECTION TWO: The Colonial Past in Spanish America
8. The Gridiron Plan and the Caste System in Colonial Central America 59
9. The Persistence of the Baroque in Peru and Mexico 79
10. Ecuador: The Indigenous Tribute System as a Mechanism of Exploitation During the Colonial Period and the First Years of Independence 87
11. Danish Colonialism in the West Indies: A Case of Transculturation Failure 121
12. SECTION THREE: The Latin American Present
13. Agrarian Reform in Chile and Its Impact on Araucanian Indian Communities 133
14. Jungle Quechua Ethnicity: An Ecuadorian Case Study 163
15. Jívaro Head Hunters in a Headless Time 193
16. The Fiesta of the Indian in Quibdó, Colombia 203
17. Crosses and Souls 211
18. Chinantec Messianism: The Mediator of the Divine 221
19. The Role of Peasant Organizations in the Struggle Against Multinational Corporations: The Cuban Case 255
20. The Cultural Dependency of Rural Communities and Peasant Guerrillas in Latin America 263
21. Biographical Notes 291
22. Index of Names 297
23. Index of Subjects 303