Basta!: Land and the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas
Basta! is an investigation of the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, and the social tensions, land struggles, ethnic conflict, and cruel government that created the rebellion. With a new afterword by the author about Chiapas today and its successes and failures.
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Collier (anthropology, Stanford U.) has studied peasant agriculture in the highlands of southern Mexico since the early 1960s. Here, with the help of a journalist and a rural development specialist, he describes the changes in the economy that led to the 1994 uprising, and the nature and course of the rebellion. To the 1994 edition he has added a substantial epilogue bringing his account up to 1999, and a supplemental bibliography note. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ForewordPreface to the Revised EditionPreface to the Spanish EditionAbbreviationsIntroduction1Ch. 1Chiapas and Mexico15The Legacy of Conquest18Export Enclaves and National Consolidation23Mexico's Revolution28Agrarian Reform31Ch. 2Eastern Chiapas: Land37Colonizing Eastern Chiapas37Agrarian Reform and Conflict45Ch. 3Eastern Chiapas: The Building of Social Movements53Protestant Evangelization55Catholic Responses64Peasant Organizations66Challenges to the Government70Disillusionment and Disagreement76The Growth of the Guerrilla Movement83Ch. 4Oil and the Crisis in Mexican Agriculture91Crisis in Agriculture93Energy Development in Chiapas96Restructuring Peasant Agriculture101Ch. 5The Toll of Restructuring on Lives and Communities107Land and the Changing Economy110Gender and Generation Gaps113The Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor116Leaders Who No Longer Need Followers119Ch. 6Exclusion: The New Politics125"New Law," "New Politics"126Control of Money130Tradition Versus Literacy and Law135Divided Solidarity139Ch. 7Transitions and Prospects147Prospects149Epilogue: The New Indigenous Movement155Notes177Bibliographical Note to the Revised Edition193References196Index218About the Authors230
