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3 - The Context

from Part II - Violence in Yucatán Before and Beyond the Caste War, 1821–1901

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2019

Wolfgang Gabbert
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Leibniz Universität Hannover
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Violence was part of everyday life beyond the wars and rebellions for many Yucatecans, particularly in the countryside. This background provides clues to what was considered normal or expected behavior and should make it easier to understand why, for example, acting violently was not a remote form of settling affairs and why fleeing to the bush or joining the Caste War rebels were attractive options to many lower-class Yucatecans. Life was grim for the lower classes in nineteenth-century Yucatán. Their situation varied considerably depending on whether they lived in urban or rural environments, whether they were self-employed or not and whether they lacked or had access to some means of production. Physical force intensified the severity of these living conditions, in particular for the lower classes and dependents, i.e., wives, children, and domestics, all of whom were subject to patriarchal authority. As in most parts of the world at that time, violence was a day-to-day affair in nineteenth-century Yucatán. Lower-class males suffered physical aggression at the hands of superiors and were beaten regularly by hacienda overseers and parish priests.

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  • The Context
  • Wolfgang Gabbert, Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • Book: Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
  • Online publication: 09 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108666930.004
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  • The Context
  • Wolfgang Gabbert, Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • Book: Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
  • Online publication: 09 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108666930.004
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  • The Context
  • Wolfgang Gabbert, Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • Book: Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán
  • Online publication: 09 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108666930.004
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