The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica and Central America: Their Societies, Cultures, and Histories

In The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica and Central America, Robert Carmack focuses on K'iche' natives of Guatemala, Masayan peoples of Nicaragua, and the native peoples of Buenos Aires and Costa Rica. Starting with Christopher Columbus' proclaimed "discovery" of Central America, Carmack illustrates the Central American native peoples' dramatic struggles for survival, native languages, and unique communities and states. Carmack draws on the fieldwork that he has conducted over the past fifty years to highlight the diversity of the Central American peoples, cultures, and histories, and to explain their significance relative to other native peoples of the world. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, history, and sociology

Author: Robert M. Carmack
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 09/12/2019
Pages: 154
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d
ISBN13: 9781498558983
ISBN10: 1498558984
BISAC Categories:
- History | Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
- History | Latin America | Central America
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social

About the Author
Robert Carmack is retired professor of anthropology at the University at Albany-SUNY.