The Colonial Origins of the State in Southern Belize
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| author | Joel Wainwright |
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| contents | The Colonial Origins of the State in Southern Belize Joel Wainwright Sociología State history colonialism political economy indigenous peoples Recent research in Belizean historiography has improved our understanding of twentieth-century colonial state relations and the transition to the post-colonial authoritarian democratic state. Following a concise review of these works, I draw on archival documents to examine the origins of the British state in southern Belize. This analysis provides two principal findings. First, the earliest state institutions were founded at the behest of colonists from the defeated Confederate States to facilitate labor discipline over their workers. Once established, local state officials sought to learn about and gain influence over Indigenous communities. Second, the nascent colonial state was relatively authoritarian and inattentive to local accumulation and social needs. Thus from its inception, the state was organized around race and class relations. 2020 artículo científico 0377-7316 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15264516009 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/15264516009.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/movil https://doi.org/10.15517/AECA.V46I0.45072 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=152 Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos (Costa Rica) Vol.46 |
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| spellingShingle | The Colonial Origins of the State in Southern Belize Joel Wainwright Sociología State history colonialism political economy indigenous peoples The Colonial Origins of the State in Southern Belize Joel Wainwright Sociología State history colonialism political economy indigenous peoples Recent research in Belizean historiography has improved our understanding of twentieth-century colonial state relations and the transition to the post-colonial authoritarian democratic state. Following a concise review of these works, I draw on archival documents to examine the origins of the British state in southern Belize. This analysis provides two principal findings. First, the earliest state institutions were founded at the behest of colonists from the defeated Confederate States to facilitate labor discipline over their workers. Once established, local state officials sought to learn about and gain influence over Indigenous communities. Second, the nascent colonial state was relatively authoritarian and inattentive to local accumulation and social needs. Thus from its inception, the state was organized around race and class relations. 2020 artículo científico 0377-7316 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15264516009 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/15264516009.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/movil https://doi.org/10.15517/AECA.V46I0.45072 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=152 Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos (Costa Rica) Vol.46 |
| title | The Colonial Origins of the State in Southern Belize |
| topic | Sociología State history colonialism political economy indigenous peoples |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15264516009 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/15264516009.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/152/15264516009/movil https://doi.org/10.15517/AECA.V46I0.45072 |