The social history of Belize is marked by conflict; between British settlers and the Maya; between masters and slaves; between capitalists and workers; and betw

A provocative, breath-taking, and concise relational history of colonialism over the past 500 years, from the dawn of the New World to the twenty-first century.

Winner of the 2010 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology (Honors of the CAPE specialty group (Cultural

Reveals how British officials attempted to understand and impose order on northern Belize during the second half of the nineteenth century.