ISBN:
9780415174114
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (801 p.)
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in development and society
Parallel Title:
Print version Peasants and Religion : A Socioeconomic Study of Dios Olivorio and the Palma Sola
DDC:
305.5633097293
Keywords:
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Abstract:
This book analyses the success and violent repression of a milennarian religious peasant movement in the Dominican Republic. It considers the role of changes in the international economic system and the arrival of capitalism in the area
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Some Spanish and Creole words that appear in the text; Map of the Dominican Republic; Map of the Olivorista heartland; Introduction; The events; Olivorio Mateo: the life and death of a peasant god, 1908 22; Interlude: the survival of Olivorismo, 1922 61; Palma Sola: the revival of Olivorismo, 1961 62; The myth; Olivorista lore; The causes; Popular religion in the Dominican Republic and its influence on Olivorismo; Economic and political changes in the San Juan Valley, 1503 1922
Description / Table of Contents:
A new era: economic change, politics and Palma Sola, 1922 63Justifying a massacre: official religion and ideology in the Dominican Republic, 1492 1962; The wider context; Prophets, messiahs and gods: Olivorismo in a universal context; Conclusions; Epilogue, 1963 90; References; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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