Guatemala Reader - History, Culture, Politics

Informationen zum Autor Greg Grandin is Professor of History at New York University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History.Deborah T. Levenson is Associate Professor of History at Boston College and the author of Trade Unionists against Terror: Guatemala City, 1954–1985 and AdiÓs NiÑo: Political Violence and the Gangs of Guatemala City, forthcoming from Duke University Press.Elizabeth Oglesby is Associate Professor of Geography and Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona. She previously worked as the editor of Central America Report and the associate editor for NACLA Report on the Americas. Klappentext An interdisciplinary anthology on the largest, most populous nation in Central America, covering Guatemalan history, culture, literature and politics and containing many primary sources not previously published in English. Zusammenfassung Brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations xv Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 I. The Maya: Before the Europeans 11 II. Invasion and Colonialism 39 III. A Caffeinated Modernism 107 IV. Ten Years of Spring and Beyond 197 V. Roads to Revolution 281 VI. Intent to Destroy 361 VII. An Unsettled Peace 441 VIII. Maya Movements 501 IX. The Sixth Century 545 Suggestions for Further Reading 625 Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 641 Index 653

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Greg Grandin, Greg Levenson Grandin
• Collaboration: Greg Grandin (Editeur), Deborah Levenson (Editeur), Deborah T Levenson (Editeur), Deborah T. Levenson (Editeur), Elizabeth Oglesby (Editeur)
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.10.2011
• EAN: 9780822351078
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5107-8
• Pages: 688
• Thèmes: Latin America Readers; The Latin America Readers
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; Voyage > Guides de voyages