Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico [Lingua Inglese]: Travels in Beliza, Guatemala and Mexico - Brossura

Wright, Ronald

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0802137288 ISBN 13: 9780802137289

Casa editrice: Grove Pr, 2000

Riassunto

Describes the culture and daily life of the modern Maya, and discusses the land of the ancient Maya

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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).

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• Editore: Grove Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0802137288
• ISBN 13: 9780802137289
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 453