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Authors: Grant D. Jones
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-12 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Anthropology and History in Yucatán is a collection of ten essays that offer new evidence and interpretations of the survival and adaptation of lowland Maya cu
In the Name of El Pueblo
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Paul Eiss
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07-30 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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The term “el pueblo” is used throughout Latin America, referring alternately to small towns, to community, or to “the people” as a political entity. In
Sugarcane and Rum
Language: en
Pages: 193
Authors: John Robert Gust
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-21 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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While the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico may conjure up images of vacation getaways and cocktails by the sea, these easy stereotypes hide a story filled with swea
In the Museum of Maya Culture
Language: en
Pages: 341
Authors: Quetzil E. Castañeda
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"Very interesting discussion of the ways in which anthropology, tourism, archaeology, and popular culture all contribute to the creation of the Maya as a social
Violence and The Caste War of Yucatán
Language: en
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This book analyzes the extent and forms of violence in one of the most significant indigenous rural revolts in nineteenth-century Latin America. Combining histo