About this title: In a framework different from the other two Bierhorst mythology volumes, the Mexico and Central American volume provides complete translations of 20 'basic myths' of this region and shows how they have influenced the artistic, literary, and political life of modern Mesoamerica. Bierhorst introduces readers to myths from the Aztec and Maya of pre-Columbian times to the Indian groups that survive today. In a new afterword, Bierhorst discusses how in the late 1980s and 1990s, native mythology has been recast to shed light on themes placed in the foreground of public consciousness - democracy, ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688067212ISBN:0688067212
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Great reading condition, normal library markings, pages are clean, mylar jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 239 p. Audience: Young adult. read more
Edition: Second printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Morrow, NY
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688067212ISBN:0688067212
Description: Fine in Near Fine DJ. Price-clipped dust jacket. Guide to 20 basic myths of several native people: Aztec, Maya, Huichol, Bribri, etc. and their influence on present culture. Maps & illustrations. read more
Edition: First edition. First Quill printing
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Quill
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780688112806ISBN:0688112803
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Lt shelf and cover edgewear, contents clean & tight. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 239 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: F First Edition Used
Binding: H Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688067212ISBN:0688067212
Description: Very Good in J Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Remainder mark. read more
Edition: 2d ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Morrow, New York
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688067212ISBN:0688067212
Description: Book: Very Good. DJ: Very Good. 8vo. 239 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 ½. Gray boards with qtr red cloth, stamped in gold on spine. Purple glossy dj. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688067212ISBN:0688067212
Description: Jane Byers Bierhorst, Guerrero State, Mexico. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 239 pages with index; Black & white illustrations, maps; Textblock is tight with no internal markings; Purple endpapers; Grey boards with an orange spine and title in gold; Bright grey, orange and purple pictorial cover with no tears and modest shelf and edge wear; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, clear, removable mylar cover; .....(Creation stories of the well-known Aztec and Maya ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, New York
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688067212ISBN:0688067212
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Black marker line along bottom page edges; otherwise a clean, tight, unmarked copy. xiv, 239 pp. Illustrations. Notes, references, index. Dust jacket, lightly rubbed, in fresh protective mylar. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, New York
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688067212ISBN:0688067212
Description: 0688067212 NEAR NEW IN NEAR NEW dustjacket; octavo; 239 pp (including index, references, notes and black & white illustrations); clean tight copy in protective mylar cover. read more
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