Carol A. Smith's research covers political and cultural relations in Guatemala and Central America. Her approach combines historical, ethnographic, and political views, analyzing encounters and struggles between the institutions of the Guatemalan state and the indigenous communities, as well as other Central American states and populations.

• Preface1. Introduction: ( Social Relations in Guatemala over Time and Space (Carol A. Smith)Part 1: Historical Formation 2. Core and Periphery in Colonial Guatemala (Christopher H. Lutz and W. George Lovell)3. Changes in the Nineteenth-Century Guatemalan State and Its Indian Policies (Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr.)4. Origins of the National Question in Guatemala: A Hypothesis (Carol A. Smith)5. State Power, Indigenous Communities, and Land in Nineteenth-Century Guatemala, 1820–1920 (David McCreery)6. State and Community in Nineteenth-Century Guatemala: The Momostenango Case (Robert M. Carmack)Part 2: Twentieth-Century Struggles 7. Ethnic Images and Strategies in 1944 (Richard N. Adams)8. The Corporate Community, Campesino Organizations, and Agrarian Reform: 1950–1954 (Jim Handy)9. Enduring Yet Ineffable Community in the Western Periphery of Guatemala (John M. Watanabe)10. Class Position and Class Consciousness in an Indian Community: TotonicapÁn in the 1970s (Carol A. Smith)11. Changing Indian Identity: Guatemala’s Violent Transition to Modernity (Arturo Arias)12. Conclusion: History and Revolution in Guatemala (Carol A. Smith)BibliographyIndex

Carol A. Smith's research covers political and cultural relations in Guatemala and Central America. Her approach combines historical, ethnographic, and political views, analyzing encounters and struggles between the institutions of the Guatemalan state and the indigenous communities, as well as other Central American states and populations.

• Preface1. Introduction: ( Social Relations in Guatemala over Time and Space (Carol A. Smith)Part 1: Historical Formation 2. Core and Periphery in Colonial Guatemala (Christopher H. Lutz and W. George Lovell)3. Changes in the Nineteenth-Century Guatemalan State and Its Indian Policies (Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr.)4. Origins of the National Question in Guatemala: A Hypothesis (Carol A. Smith)5. State Power, Indigenous Communities, and Land in Nineteenth-Century Guatemala, 1820–1920 (David McCreery)6. State and Community in Nineteenth-Century Guatemala: The Momostenango Case (Robert M. Carmack)Part 2: Twentieth-Century Struggles 7. Ethnic Images and Strategies in 1944 (Richard N. Adams)8. The Corporate Community, Campesino Organizations, and Agrarian Reform: 1950–1954 (Jim Handy)9. Enduring Yet Ineffable Community in the Western Periphery of Guatemala (John M. Watanabe)10. Class Position and Class Consciousness in an Indian Community: TotonicapÁn in the 1970s (Carol A. Smith)11. Changing Indian Identity: Guatemala’s Violent Transition to Modernity (Arturo Arias)12. Conclusion: History and Revolution in Guatemala (Carol A. Smith)BibliographyIndex

Carol A. Smith's research covers political and cultural relations in Guatemala and Central America. Her approach combines historical, ethnographic, and political views, analyzing encounters and struggles between the institutions of the Guatemalan state and the indigenous communities, as well as other Central American states and populations.

• Preface1. Introduction: ( Social Relations in Guatemala over Time and Space (Carol A. Smith)Part 1: Historical Formation 2. Core and Periphery in Colonial Guatemala (Christopher H. Lutz and W. George Lovell)3. Changes in the Nineteenth-Century Guatemalan State and Its Indian Policies (Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr.)4. Origins of the National Question in Guatemala: A Hypothesis (Carol A. Smith)5. State Power, Indigenous Communities, and Land in Nineteenth-Century Guatemala, 1820–1920 (David McCreery)6. State and Community in Nineteenth-Century Guatemala: The Momostenango Case (Robert M. Carmack)Part 2: Twentieth-Century Struggles 7. Ethnic Images and Strategies in 1944 (Richard N. Adams)8. The Corporate Community, Campesino Organizations, and Agrarian Reform: 1950–1954 (Jim Handy)9. Enduring Yet Ineffable Community in the Western Periphery of Guatemala (John M. Watanabe)10. Class Position and Class Consciousness in an Indian Community: TotonicapÁn in the 1970s (Carol A. Smith)11. Changing Indian Identity: Guatemala’s Violent Transition to Modernity (Arturo Arias)12. Conclusion: History and Revolution in Guatemala (Carol A. Smith)BibliographyIndex