This reader brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics. In choosing the selections, the editors sought to avoid representing the country only in terms of its long experience of conflict, racism, and violence. And so, while offering many perspectives on that violence, this anthology portrays Guatemala as a real place where people experience joys and sorrows that cannot be reduced to the contretemps of resistance and repression. It includes not only the opinions of politicians, activists, and scholars, but also poems,...
This reader brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics. In choosing the sele...
"NEW YORK TIMES "EDITOR'S CHOICE "SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "RECOMMENDED BOOK
One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish ship carrying scores of West Africans he thought were slaves. They weren't. In fact, they were performing an elaborate ruse, having risen up earlier and slaughtered most of the crew and officers. When Delano, an idealistic, anti-slavery republican, finally realized the deception--that the men and women he thought were humble slaves were actually running the...
"NEW YORK TIMES "EDITOR'S CHOICE "SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "RECOMMENDED BOOK
One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Cap...
