Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico
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 still speak Maya 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 jou…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8021-3728-9
- EAN: 9780802137289
- Produktnummer: 9525136
- Verlag: Grove Atlantic
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 453 S.
- Masse: H21.1 cm x B14.1 cm x D3.3 cm 513 g
- Auflage: Grove Press
- Gewicht: 513
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