Reveals how British officials attempted to understand and impose order on northern Belize during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Rajeshwari Dutt is Assistant Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi. She is the author of Maya Caciques in Early National Yucatán (2017).

Introduction; 1. Business as usual; 2. Ungoverned passions; 3. Costs of protection; 4. Uneasy alliances; 5. The enemy within; 6. Loyal subjects; Conclusion.