Empires in the Wilderness

Foreign Colonization and Development in Guatemala, 1834-1844

William J. Griffith

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780807873793
  9780807809525
• eBook ISBN:
  9780807873809
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

This is the account of a series of enterprises undertaken in Guatemala during the 1830s in an attempt to draw immigrants and capital from Europe to continue the subjugation of the vast unpeopled wastes. It is a record of failure, but a failure--like many others--from which much is to be learned.

Originally published in 1965.

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Index

Note: To conserve space the Eastern Coast of Central America Commercial and Agricultural Company and the Compagnie belge decolonisation, except under their own headings, are referred to, respectively, as the Company and the Compagnie.

Abbott, Peter Harris, 69–71, 157–59, 162, 227

Abbottsville, settlement projected, 191–97; established, 200–3, 206–14, 219–22, 231–32; abandoned, 251–52; mentioned, 199, 216, 228–30, 237, 248, 269, 271–72, 280–81, 297–304, 307

Adhemar, Maurice d’, 198–200

Agriculture, development needed in north, 8, 10; projected by Galindo, 121–22; planned by Company, 130–31, 136–38, 190–92, 194, 206–7, 215, 297 (attempted, 139–40, 146, 195, 201, 222; failed, 297–300). See also Development

Alberdi, Juan Bautista, 3

Alvarez, Miguel, 61, 63

Ama tique Bay, 11, 13

Ampudia, Valentín, 139

Ampudia y Pulleiro, 261, 272–73

Anderson, John, 80, 145–48, 150

Anderson, Young, Company agent in Guatemala, 156, 162–63, 165; negotiates Verapaz and Santo Tomás contracts, 162, 166–81, 185, 206; manages “Vera Paz,” 165–66, 256–68; relations with Chatfield, 181–85; returns to London, 187–88; reports to directors, 190–95; Company superintendent in Guatemala, 198–202, 206–14, 220–21; discredited and displaced, 218–19, 221, 229, 231, 251; mentioned, 230–32, 241, 252, 270–71, 289, 296, 301, 306

Andrew Kennedy & Company, 272

Animals, pack and saddle, 11–12; wild, 140, 150, 299; game, 142, 144. See also Livestock

Arce, Manuel José, 4–5

Arrivillaga, Manuel, 237

Aycinena, Juan José de, 245

Aycinena, Pedro, 169

Azmitia, José Antonio, 173

Bank, Anglo-Belgian, 217

Bank of Guatemala, 216–17

Bailey, Helen, 198, 213, 242

Balcarzel, Juan José, 10, 153, 168–69, 186, 230, 234, 244. See also Pulleiro associates

Baptist Missionary Society, 211, 251

Barnett, Captain, delegate of Superintendent at Abbottsville, 231–32

Barrett, Jeremiah, ske...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Contents
• I Prospect
• II Wanted: Developement
• III Chosen Instrumentality: The Colonization Contracts
• IV British Settlements, Old and New
• V Development or Exploitation?
• VI Foreigners or Native Sons?
• VII Wilderness Settlements: New Liverpool and Santa Cruz
• VIII Disaster Surmounted
• IX Commercial Towns: Abbottsville and Santo Tomas
• X British Colony or Belgian?
• XI Infrastructure or Anachronism?
• XII Retrospect
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index
• Notes