Negotiating Heritage through Education and Archaeology: Colonialism, National Identity, and Resistance in Belize

by Alicia Ebbitt McGill

Through an innovative approach that combines years of ethnographic research with British imperial archival sources, this book reveals how cultural heritage has been negotiated by colonial, independent state, and community actors in Belize from the late nineteenth century to the present. Alicia McGill explores the heritage of two African-descendant Kriol communities as seen in the contexts of archaeology and formal education.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813066972
• ISBN13: 9780813066974
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"