Mayan Lives, Mayan Utopias ― The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion

The largely indigenous rural people of the Mexican state of Chiapas have had a complex and conflictual relationship with the Mexican state, a relationship that resulted in the rebellion of the Zapatistas on the eve of the implementation of NAFTA. Rus (director, Native Language Publishing Project, Instituto de Asesoria Antopologica para la Region Maya, Mexico), Castillo (Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, Mexico), and Mattiace (political science, Allegheny College, US) present nine papers that examine past and present strategies of indigenous Chiapans towards the state and larger processes of "globalization." Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jan Rus is director of the Native Language Publishing Project, Instituto de Asesor'a Antropol-gica para la Regi-n Maya, A.C., San Crist-bal, Chiapas. Rosalva A'da HernOndez Castillo is a senior researcher at the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), Mexico City. Shannan L. Mattiace is assistant professor of political science, Allegheny College.