Time among the Maya : travels in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico
Wright, Ronald, 1948-2020
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Click and Collect for Time among the Maya : travels in Belize, Guatemala and MexicoThe Maya of Central America created one of the most dazzling civilisations on this earth, which is often compared to Ancient Greece. The Maya had a delight in creation, expressed in art, architecture, pottery, astronomy, mathematics and mythology, all combined with a deep, metaphysical fascination with time. This civilisation seems to have collapsed in the ninth century, some five hundred years before the Spanish conquest of America. Ronald Wright travelled through the old territories of the Maya (the jungles and mountains of Guatemala, Belize and Mexico) to explore the ancient roots of their culture and to map out what has survived. Despite civil wars and centuries of oppression by Hispanic, then Mestizo culture, he discovers a region where seven million people still speak Mayan languages and struggle to maintain their resilient, indigenous culture.
Main title:
Time among the Maya : travels in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico / Ronald Wright ; with an introduction by Pico Iyer.
Author:
Wright, Ronald, 1948-, authorIyer, Pico, writer of introduction
Imprint:
London : Eland, 2020.©2015
Collation:
xxviii, 410 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Notes:
First published: 1989.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Partial contents: East: Belize -- The Petén -- South: Highland Guatemala -- West: Chiapas -- North: Yucatán Peninsula.
ISBN:
9781780601588 (pbk)9781780601588
Dewey class:
917.204834917.2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
515412
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Countries | 917.2 WRI | Available |
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