The Guatemala Reader: History, Culture, Politics

by Greg Grandin, Elizabeth Oglesby, Deborah Levenson

Book Overview

This reader brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics. In choosing the selections, the editors sought to avoid representing the country only in terms of its long experience of conflict, racism, and violence. And so, while offering many perspectives on that violence, this anthology portrays Guatemala as a real place where people experience joys and sorrows that cannot be reduced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822351072
• ISBN13: 9780822351078
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 663 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"