In The Land Of The Quetzal Feather
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In The Land Of The Quetzal Feather
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Author : Friedrich Morton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
In The Land Of The Quetzal Feather written by Friedrich Morton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Travel categories.
German explorer-naturalist shares anecdotal accounts of animals, insects, plants, and people in the jungles of Guatemala.
Strike Fear In The Land
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Author : W. George Lovell
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2020-05-07
Strike Fear In The Land written by W. George Lovell and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-07 with History categories.
The conquest of Guatemala was brutal, prolonged and complex, fraught with intrigue and deception, and not at all clear-cut. Yet views persist of it as an armed confrontation whose stakes were evident and whose outcomes were decisive, especially in favor of the Spaniards. A critical reappraisal is long overdue, one that calls for us to reconsider events and circumstances in the light of not only new evidence but also keener awareness of indigenous roles in the drama. While acknowledging the prominent role played by Pedro de Alvarado (1485–1541), Strike Fear in the Land reexamines the conquest to give us a greater appreciation of indigenous involvement in it, and sustained opposition to it. Authors W. George Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz, and Wendy Kramer develop a fresh perspective on Alvarado as well as the alliances forged with native groups that facilitated Spanish objectives. The book reveals, for instance, that during the years most crucial to the conquest, Alvarado was absent from Guatemala more often than he was present; he relied on his brother, Jorge de Alvarado, to act in his stead. A pact with the Kaqchikel Maya was also not nearly as solid or long-lived as previously thought, as Alvarado’s erstwhile allies soon turned against the Spaniards, fomenting a prolonged rebellion. Even the story of the K’iche’ leader Tecún Umán, hailed in Guatemala as a national hero who fronted native resistance, undergoes significant revision. Strike Fear in the Land is an arresting saga of personalities and controversies, conveying as never before the turmoil of this pivotal period in Mesoamerican history.
Guatemala The Land Of The Quetzal
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Author : William Tufts Brigham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Guatemala The Land Of The Quetzal written by William Tufts Brigham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.
Latin America A Selected Functional And Country Bibliography
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Latin America A Selected Functional And Country Bibliography written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Latin America categories.
A Selected Functional And Country Bibliography For The Latin American Area
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Author : Foreign Service Institute (U.S.). Center for Area and Country Studies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
A Selected Functional And Country Bibliography For The Latin American Area written by Foreign Service Institute (U.S.). Center for Area and Country Studies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Latin America categories.
Quetzal Quest
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Author : Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Quetzal Quest written by Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Folklore categories.
Latin America A Selected Functional And Country Bibliography The Countries Of Latin America
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Latin America A Selected Functional And Country Bibliography The Countries Of Latin America written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Latin America categories.
War In The Land Of True Peace
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Author : Brent K. S. Woodfill
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2019-05-23
War In The Land Of True Peace written by Brent K. S. Woodfill and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-23 with Social Science categories.
For the ancient and modern Maya, the landscape is ruled by powerful entities in the form of geographic features like caves, mountains, springs, and abandoned cities—spirits who must be entreated, through visits and rituals, for permission to plant, harvest, build, or travel their territories. Consequently, such places have served as points of domination and resistance over the millennia—and nowhere is this truer than in Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip, the subject of Brent K. S. Woodfill’s War in the Land of True Peace. This strategic region with its wealth of resources—fertile soil, petroleum, and the only noncoastal salt in the Maya lowlands—is the site of some of the most sacred Maya places, and thus also the focus of some of the signal struggles for power in Maya history. In War in the Land of True Peace Woodfill delves into archaeology, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnography to write the biographies of several of these places, covering their histories from the rise of the Preclassic Maya through the spread of transnational corporations in our time. Again and again the region, known since Spanish conquest as Vera Paz, or True Peace, has seen incursion by a foreign group—including the great Maya cities of Tikal and Calakmul, the Hapsburg Empire, Guatemalan military dictatorships, and contemporary corporations—seeking to expand its power. Each outsider, intentionally or not, used the Maya need for access to these places to ensure loyalty. And each time, local Maya pushed back to reclaim the sacred places for their own. From early struggles to remove foreign influence to present-day battles over land tenure and indigenous-run ecotourism parks, this book documents a continuity in Maya culture over several thousand years—and illuminates the world view, with its sense of personhood and religion so different from the West’s, that informs this enduring culture.
Land Politics And Memory In Five Nija Ib K Iche T Tulos
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Author : Mallory Matsumoto
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2017-12-21
Land Politics And Memory In Five Nija Ib K Iche T Tulos written by Mallory Matsumoto and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-21 with Social Science categories.
Land, Politics, and Memory in Five Nija’ib’ K’iche’ Títulos is a careful analysis and translation of five Highland Maya títulos composed in the sixteenth century by the Nija’ib’ K’iche’ of Guatemala. The Spanish conquest of Highland Guatemala entailed a series of sweeping changes to indigenous society, not the least of which were the introduction of the Roman alphabet and the imposition of a European system of colonial government. Introducing the history of these documents and placing them within the context of colonial-era Guatemala, this volume provides valuable information concerning colonial period orthographic practice, the K’iche’ language, and language contact in Highland Guatemala. For each text, author Mallory E. Matsumoto provides a photographic copy of the original document, a transliteration of its sixteenth-century modified Latin script, a transcription into modern orthography, an extensive morphologic analysis, and a line-by-line translation into English, as well as separate prose versions of the transcription and translation. No complete English translation of this set of manuscripts has been available before, nor has any Highland Maya título previously received such extensive analytical treatment. Offering insight into the reality of indigenous Highland communities during this period, Land, Politics, and Memory in Five Nija’ib’ K’iche’ Títulos is an important primary source for linguists, historians, and experts in comparative literature. It will also be of significant interest to students and scholars of ethnohistory, linguistics, Latin American studies, anthropology, and archaeology.
Bird Of Life Bird Of Death
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Author : Jonathan Evan Maslow
language : en
Publisher: Laurel Press
Release Date : 1987
Bird Of Life Bird Of Death written by Jonathan Evan Maslow and has been published by Laurel Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
In 1983 Maslow traveled to Guatemala to locate the endangered quetzal, considered sacred and one of the most beautiful birds on earth. Following the bird's trail, he confronts the horrors of a war-torn nation, where 10,000 people disappear each year.