Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis [Paperback]

Robert M. Carmack (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806124598
• ISBN-13: 978-0806124599
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,952,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Case histories of an ethnic tragedy...., July 18, 2000

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Rolltide (Columbia, Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis (Paperback)

Rather than a comprehensive book about modern guatemala or a human rights thesis this is an anthropological study of violence.

There are 10 different case histories all written by different people who are among the top guatemalan scholars. In these case histories is information and analysis that isn't available in most books and it covers some areas of the country not always touched on by scholars. The whole thing is held together by an exellent 35 page introduction and a final chapter of conclusion with a wonderful chronology of events. Over all an exellent book for serious students but maybe not for beginners.

This is a study about the mayan people that provides exellent incites from the perspective of social anthropologists and ethnographers as opposed to activists or journalists. The contributors have spent enormous amounts of time with their subjects and know them well.

.............socks

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars worst piece of garbage, August 20, 2010

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This review is from: Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis (Paperback)

This book contains so many falsehoods! I was present in San Antonio Aguas Calientes when the events described ... what was written is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE ... do not waste your money! The editor should have made an effort to verify the information submitted!