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Forest society : a social history of Petén, Guatemala / Norman B. Schwartz.
- Title
- Forest society : a social history of Petén, Guatemala / Norman B. Schwartz.
- Author
- Schwartz, Norman B.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | C.A.1 Sch 95 f | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 367 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- [Ethnohistory series (Philadelphia, Pa.)]
- Uniform Title
- Ethnohistory series (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Subject
- Indians of Central America > Guatemala > Petén (Department) > History
- Mayas > History
- Ladino (Latin American people) > History
- Chicle industry > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
- Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Ethnic relations
- Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Economic conditions
- Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Social conditions
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-360) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Physical environment and population -- Conquest, depopulation, and colonization, 1697 to 1821 -- Social continuity and economic stagnation, 1821 to the 1890s -- La chiclería : an extractive economy -- The impact of oro blanco -- Conclusion : continuity, change, and a new turn.
- ISBN
- 0812282485 (cloth)
- 0812213165 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^90041539^
- OCLC
- 21974298
- SCSB-10215151
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library