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A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of Lovell's classic account of the violence that has wracked Guatemala, from its roots in the colonial past to its aftermath in the twenty-first century

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Preface Part One: Struggle and Survival 1. Q'anjob'al Canadian 2. Nobel K'iche' 3. Jakaltek American 4. Dona Magdalena 5. Through a Lens, Darkly 6. Devils and Angels Part Two: Blood and Ink 7. The Delivery Man 8. Into the Fire 9. Peace of the Dead 10. Futility at the Polls 11. Civilian Rule 12. A Militarized Society 13. The Daily News 14. The Fiction of Democracy 15. Searching for Peace 16. Scarred by War 17. How Was Guatemala? Part Three: Spaniards, Ladinos, and the Enduring Maya 18. The Colonial Experience 19. The Century after Independence 20. Arbenz and the Fruit Company 21. The T-Shirt Parade 22. Natives in the Backcountry Epilogue A Guatemalan Gallery Sources and Commentary

A Beauty That Hurts Life and Death in Guatemala

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9780292721838, 978-0292721838
      ISBN10: 0292721838

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of Lovell's classic account of the violence that has wracked Guatemala, from its roots in the colonial past to its aftermath in the twenty-first century

      Table of Contents
      Preface Part One: Struggle and Survival 1. Q'anjob'al Canadian 2. Nobel K'iche' 3. Jakaltek American 4. Dona Magdalena 5. Through a Lens, Darkly 6. Devils and Angels Part Two: Blood and Ink 7. The Delivery Man 8. Into the Fire 9. Peace of the Dead 10. Futility at the Polls 11. Civilian Rule 12. A Militarized Society 13. The Daily News 14. The Fiction of Democracy 15. Searching for Peace 16. Scarred by War 17. How Was Guatemala? Part Three: Spaniards, Ladinos, and the Enduring Maya 18. The Colonial Experience 19. The Century after Independence 20. Arbenz and the Fruit Company 21. The T-Shirt Parade 22. Natives in the Backcountry Epilogue A Guatemalan Gallery Sources and Commentary

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