Rebels of Highland Guatemala: The Quiche-Mayas of Momostenango (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

Type

Book

Authors

Robert M. Carmack

ISBN 10

0806127600

ISBN 13

9780806127606

Tags

Guatemala, Native American, Mayan, World

Description

An ethnohistory of the QuichT-Maya Indians, who have lived in the western highlands of Guatemala since prehispanic times, focusing on their struggle to retain their ethnic and cultural identity in the face of relentless external pressures. Carmack (anthropology, SUNY-Albany) traces the political history of Momostenango as a province of the QuichT kingdom, a community under Spanish colonial rule, a township under the despotic coffee regime, and a municipio caught in the turmoil of the Guatemalan civil war. Includes 43 b&w photographs and 17 maps. Extensive bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. - from Amzon

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