List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Caste War violence - prospect and state of the art; Part I. Violence and War: 1. Violence in anthropological and sociological perspective; 2. Violence in organized groups; Part II. Violence in Yucatán Before and Beyond the Caste War, 1821-1901: 3. The context; 4. Misery and everyday violence - lower-class rural life; 5. Political violence before and beyond the Caste War; Part III.

The Caste War and Violence, an Overview: 6. The beginnings; 7. A war of attrition; 8. Rebel consolidation; 9. The end of rebel autonomy; Part IV. Violence and Government Forces: 10. Government forces; 11. Violence and suffering within the government forces; 12.

Violence by government forces against others; Part V. Violence and the Kruso'b: 13. The social composition of the rebel movement; 14. Of loot and lumber - the Kruso'b economy; 15. Kruso'b politics and religion; 16. Violence among the Kruso'b; 17. Kruso'b violence against outsiders; Part VI. Intricacies of Caste War Violence: 18.

Civil war, ideology and motivation; 19. Kruso'b and soldiers - parallels and contrasts; 20. Caste War casualties; 21. The Caste War in broader perspective; Appendix 1. Rebel attacks; Appendix 2. Army attacks; Appendix 3. Kruso'b attacks on Pacíficos.