Lexington Books
Pages: 154
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Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-4985-5896-9 • Hardback • August 2017 • $99.00 • (£76.00)
978-1-4985-5898-3 • Paperback • September 2019 • $43.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-4985-5897-6 • eBook • August 2017 • $41.50 • (£35.00)
Robert Carmack is retired professor of anthropology at the University at Albany–SUNY.
Chapter 1: The Spaniards Discover Aboriginal Central America
Chapter 2: Native Peoples of the Three Major Pre-Hispanic Central American Socio-Cultural Regions
Chapter 3: Central American Native Peoples at the Time of Spanish Contact
Chapter 4: Mesoamerican Influence on and Ties with Central America’s Native American Peoples
Chapter 5: Case Study 1: The K’iche’-Mayan Peoples of Guatemala
Chapter 6: Case Study 2: Masaya and the Indigenous Peoples of Nicaragua
Chapter 7: Case Study 3: Buenos Aires and the Native Peoples of Costa Rica
Chapter 8: The Lasting Legacy of the Central American Native Peoples
With case studies from Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, Carmack adeptly analyzes how Central American indigenous peoples shaped their social and natural worlds from the long pre-Hispanic era to the present. Taken together, his conclusions demonstrate the myriad ways indigenous people continue to influence their nations.
— David Carey Jr., Loyola University Maryland
This book is an eloquent description of the indigenous peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica and Central America by one of the great scholars of our time. It is the fruit of more than half a century of work in the region and will no doubt be consulted often for many years to come.
— Allen Christenson, Bringham Young University