Time Among the Maya

2000 History

Author : Ronald Wright
Release : 2000
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 289/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Time Among the Maya written by Ronald Wright. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).

The Maya of Morganton

2003-11-20 History

Author : Leon Fink
Release : 2003-11-20
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 41X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Maya of Morganton written by Leon Fink. This book was released on 2003-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of several hundred Guatemalan-born workers in a Morganton, North Carolina, poultry plant sets the stage for this dramatic story of human struggle in an age of globalization. When laborers' concerns about safety and fairness spark a strike and, ultimately, a unionizing campaign at Case Farms, the resulting decade-long standoff pits a recalcitrant New South employer against an unlikely coalition of antagonists. Mayan refugees from war-torn Guatemala, Mexican workers, and a diverse group of local allies join forces with the Laborers union. The ensuing clash becomes a testing ground for "new labor" workplace and legal strategies. In the process, the nation's fastest-growing immigrant region encounters a new struggle for social justice. Using scores of interviews, Leon Fink gives voice to a remarkably resilient people. He shows that, paradoxically, what sustains these global travelers are the ties of local community. Whether one is finding a job, going to church, joining a soccer team, or building a union, kin and linguistic connections to the place of one's birth prove crucial in negotiating today's global marketplace. A story set at the intersection of globalization and community, two words not often linked, The Maya of Morganton addresses fundamental questions about the changing face of labor in the United States.

The Ancient Maya

2010 History

Author : Jackie Maloy
Release : 2010
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 103/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Ancient Maya written by Jackie Maloy. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the ancient Maya, discussing farming, daily life, beliefs, and other related topics.

The Maya: A Very Short Introduction

2020-09-21 History

Author : Matthew Restall
Release : 2020-09-21
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 040/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Maya: A Very Short Introduction written by Matthew Restall. This book was released on 2020-09-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the visual arts, and developed a sophisticated writing system that recorded extraordinary knowledge in calendrics, mathematics, and astronomy. The Maya achieved all this without area-wide centralized control. There was never a single, unified Maya state or empire, but always numerous, evolving ethnic groups speaking dozens of distinct Mayan languages. The people we call "Maya" never thought of themselves as such; yet something definable, unique, and endlessly fascinating - what we call Maya culture - has clearly existed for millennia. So what was their self-identity and how did Maya civilization come to be "invented?" With the Maya historically subdivided and misunderstood in so many ways, the pursuit of what made them "the Maya" is all the more important. In this Very Short Introduction, Restall and Solari explore the themes of Maya identity, city-state political culture, art and architecture, the Maya concept of the cosmos, and the Maya experience of contact with including invasion by outsiders. Despite its brevity, this book is unique for its treatment of all periods of Maya civilization, from its origins to the present.

Everyday Life of the Maya

1976 Civilization, Mayan

Author : Ralph Whitlock
Release : 1976
Genre : Civilization, Mayan
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Book Rating : 332/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Everyday Life of the Maya written by Ralph Whitlock. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the highly developed Mayan civilization noted for its achievements in architecture, mathematics, and astrology.

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