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Our elders teach us : Maya-Kaqchikel historical perspectives : xkib'ij kan qate' qatata' / David Carey, Jr.
- Title
- Our elders teach us : Maya-Kaqchikel historical perspectives : xkib'ij kan qate' qatata' / David Carey, Jr.
- Author
- Carey, David, Jr., 1967-
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2001.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 385 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Combining the methodologies of anthropology and history, Carey used both oral interviews and meticulous archival research to construct a history of the last 50 years in Guatemala from the perspective of present-day Mayan people. His research took place over five years and included intensive language study, four summers of fieldwork, and a yearlong residence in Comalapa, during which he conducted most of the 414 interviews. By casting a wide net for his interviews - from tiny hamlets to bustling Guatemala City - Carey gained insight into more than a single community or a single group of Maya."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Contemporary American Indian studies
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Contemporary American Indian studies.
- Subject
- Cakchikel Indians > Ethnic identity
- Cakchikel Indians > Historiography
- Cakchikel philosophy
- Oral tradition > Guatemala
- Cakchiquel > Identité ethnique
- Cakchiquel > Historiographie
- Philosophie cakchiquel
- Tradition orale > Guatemala
- 73.06 ethnography
- 15.85 history of America
- Cakchikel Indians > Ethnic identity
- Cakchikel philosophy
- Ethnic relations
- Oral tradition
- Politics and government
- Maya's
- Guatemala > History
- Guatemala > Ethnic relations
- Guatemala > Politics and government
- Guatemala > Histoire
- Guatemala > Politique et gouvernement
- Guatemala
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-372) and index.
- Language (note)
- English text with Maya-Kaqchikel glossary.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Town Origins -- 2. Land, Labor, and Integration -- 3. Epidemics -- 4. Natural Disasters -- 5. Education, Exclusion, and Assertiveness -- 6. Kaqchikel in the Military -- 7. Ubico's Legacy -- 8. Leaders -- 9. Ethnic Relations -- Timeline of Guatemalan Presidents from 1831.
- ISBN
- 081731119X
- 9780817311193
- LCCN
- 2001002652
- OCLC
- 46936129
- SCSB-11805600
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library