Native Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix 1. Introduction 1 2. Millennialism, Nativism, and Genocide 12 3. Creation through Extermination: Native Efforts to Eliminate the Hispanic Presence in the Americas 23 4. Nativism, Caste Wars, and the Exterminatory Impulse 68 5. Rebellion and Relative Deprivation 96 6. Leadership and Division 108 7. Atrocity as Metaphor: The Symbolic Language of Rebellion 142 8. Cultural Assimilation in the Native World 154 9. Conclusion 164 Appendixes 173 Glossary 179 Notes 181 Bibliography 275 Index 287 ...