Time Among the Maya
Time Among the Maya

Author: Ronald Wright

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780802137289

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The Maya created one of the world's most brilliant civilizations, famous for its art, astronomy, and deep fascination with the mystery of time. Despite collapse in the ninth century, Spanish invasion in the sixteenth, and civil war in the twentieth, eight million people in Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico speak Mayan languages and maintain their resilient culture to this day. Traveling through Central America's jungles and mountains, Ronald Wright explores the ancient roots of the Maya, their recent troubles, and prospects for survival. Embracing history, anthropology, politics, and literature, Time Among the Maya is a riveting journey through past magnificence and the study of an enduring civilization with much to teach the present. "Wright's unpretentious narrative blends anthropology, archaeology, history, and politics with his own entertaining excursions and encounters." -- The New Yorker; "Time Among the Maya shows Wright to be far more than a mere storyteller or descriptive writer. He is an historical philosopher with a profound understanding of other cultures." -- Jan Morris, The Independent (London).

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize

Author: Michelin Travel Publications (Firm)

Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications

Published: 1998-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782061578018

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This guide brings the best of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, describing the cities, the historical and archaeological sites, the legends and countryside. Richly illustrated, it also includes many maps.'

Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast, Including Guatemala's Rio Dulce
Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast, Including Guatemala's Rio Dulce

Author: Freya Rauscher

Publisher:

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780975575307

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This 304 page volume provides exhaustive information for navigating along the coast of Belize, Mexico's Quintana Roo, the many offshore reefs and cayes and Guatemala's Rio Dulce. This guide guide includes 133 original sketch charts and drawings, 131 photos including many aerials, and two large folded charts showing the entire area. This top selling cruising guide deserves space on the bookshelf of anyone who comtemplates a visit to this magnificent cruising area.

Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatán
Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatán

Author: Huw Hennessy

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9789812343260

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The classic series provides the complete picture through expert and informative text and remarkable photography. Each book is an inspiring background read, serves as an invaluable, on-the-spot companion and can be kept as a superb, visual souvenir of a visit.

Dynamics and Conflicts in a Cross-Border Region
Dynamics and Conflicts in a Cross-Border Region

Author: Mónica Toussaint

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-07

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 100086619X

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This volume explores several issues pertinent to the history of the cross-border region between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize from new explanatory approaches in order to reflect on a history and a reality that are shared by three neighbouring societies, emphasizing the actors and local practices that shape cross-border dynamics. This analysis is contributed by eight specialists who study aspects that are fundamental to our understanding of a process involving various persons and institutions in a specific space. Dynamics and Conflicts in a Cross-Border Region addresses an issue of current relevance through studies that focus on the problems inhabitants of the region have faced over the years: the realities of a porous border; the existence of family, trade and cultural ties that surpass the administrative limits negotiated by the states late in the 19th century; the impact of the internal conflicts of neighbour countries in the border space; experiences of exile and refuge at the border and the violence they entail; the role of local authorities in managing regional problems; the pending task of cross-border territorial organization; the efforts of local institutions to promote regional development; and the presence of phenomena like contraband, drug trafficking, organized crime and human trafficking in an increasingly complex and challenging space. This provides a way to use the region’s history as a springboard for conceiving of mechanisms by which we can together face the challenges presented today to the inhabitants of the cross-border region between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. This book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Latin American history and Social History.

Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize

Author: Neil Ray (popotnik.)

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 9781907099151

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A guide to visiting Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize that provides information on sights, attractions, restaurants, accommodations, and more and includes suggested driving tours and fifty-five maps.

Time Among the Maya
Time Among the Maya

Author: Ronald Wright

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780802137289

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The Maya created one of the world's most brilliant civilizations, famous for its art, astronomy, and deep fascination with the mystery of time. Despite collapse in the ninth century, Spanish invasion in the sixteenth, and civil war in the twentieth, eight million people in Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico speak Mayan languages and maintain their resilient culture to this day. Traveling through Central America's jungles and mountains, Ronald Wright explores the ancient roots of the Maya, their recent troubles, and prospects for survival. Embracing history, anthropology, politics, and literature, Time Among the Maya is a riveting journey through past magnificence and the study of an enduring civilization with much to teach the present. "Wright's unpretentious narrative blends anthropology, archaeology, history, and politics with his own entertaining excursions and encounters." -- The New Yorker; "Time Among the Maya shows Wright to be far more than a mere storyteller or descriptive writer. He is an historical philosopher with a profound understanding of other cultures." -- Jan Morris, The Independent (London).