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Revolt Against the Dead: The Modernization of a Mayan Community in the Highlands of Guatemala (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Brintnall, Douglas E.

 
9781041074038: Revolt Against the Dead: The Modernization of a Mayan Community in the Highlands of Guatemala (Routledge Revivals)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1041074034 ISBN 13: 9781041074038
Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

First published in 1979, Revolt Against the Dead describes the changing lifestyle of the Aguacatec Indians, a Mayan peasant people of the northwestern highlands of Guatemala. The author presents the societal transformation from an economic, social, political, and religious perspective.

The book explores both internal and external factors responsible for bringing about the change in the Aguacatan community. It emphasizes the interplay between changing local conditions and outside influences. As many factors that occurred at different times were responsible for the transformation, most of the book is organized into a kind of history. The local events are therefore presented as three major epochs―traditional Aguacatan; a transitional period of collapse; and the contemporary, new order. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of anthropology and history.

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About the Author

Douglas E. Brintnall, University of Northen Iowa, USA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1041074034
ISBN 13 
9781041074038
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
226