The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History and Culture of a Native American Civilization

ISBN-13: 9781138403772 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Robert M. Carmack

Opis

The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History and Culture of a Native American Civilization summarizes and integrates information on the origins, historical development, and current situations of the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica

Spis treści

Introduction
Chapter 1:   Origins and Development of Mesoamerican Civilization (Janine Gasco, Marilyn A. Masson, Robert M. Rosenswig, Michael E. Smith)
Chapter 2:   Profiles of Late Postclassic Mesoamerican Peoples (Robert M. Carmack, Janine Gasco, Marilyn A Masson, Michael E. Smith)
Chapter 3:   The Mesoamerican World at Spanish Contact (Robert M. Carmack)
Chapter 4:   Mesoamerica and Spain: the Conquest (Louise M. Burkhart and Janine Gasco)
Chapter 5:   The Colonial Period in Mesoamerica (Louise M. Burkhart and Janine Gasco)
Chapter 6:   Indigenous Literature from Colonial Mesoamerica (Louise M. Burkhart)
Chapter 7:   Mesoamericans in the Neo-Colonial Era (Robert M. Carmack and Gary H. Gossen)
Chapter 8:   Native Mesoamericans in the Modern Era (Robert M. Carmack)
Chapter 9:   Transnationalism and the Political Economy of Mesoamerica (Liliana R. Goldin and Walter E. Little)
Chapter 10:  The Mayan Zapatista Movement (Gary H. Gossen)
Chapter 11:   Language and Languages in Mesoamerica (John S. Justeson and George A. Broadwell)
Chapter 12:   Women and Gender in Mesoamerica (Brenda Rosenbaum and Christine Eber)
Chapter 13:   The Indian Voice in Twentieth Century Mesoamerican Literature (Gary H. Gossen)
Chapter 14:   The Religious Traditions of Mesoamerica (Gary H. Gossen)
Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

O autorze

Robert M. Carmack is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at SUNY Albany.

Janine L. Gasco is Associate Professor of Anthropology at California State University - Dominguez Hills.

Gary H. Gossen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Latin American Studies at SUNY Albany.