The Gavilleros of the East

Social Banditry as Political Practice in the Dominican Sugar Region, 1900-1924

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4300946
AutoresJulie Franks (0000-0001-6329-2301, autor de correspondencia)
Año1995
Volumen8
Número2
Páginas158-181
Fecha de publicación1995-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6443.1995.tb00085.x
OpenAlexW2080420369
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

This essay explores 'social banditry' as a form of political practice in relation to distinct regimes of power; regional, national, and imperialist. The eastern region of the Dominican Republic experienced a rapid rise of land values and conversion of peasant smallholdings into sugar cane lields at the start of the twentieth century. Roving bands of 'outlaws' called 'gavilleros' appeared almost immediately, and came under increasing, and different, scrutiny during the years 1916-1924, when United States Marines occupied the Republic. This essay considers the political and social dimensions of gavillero conduct as it was transformed-and transformed itself-during the first quarter of the twentieth century

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