About this title: "Cut Stones and Crossroads" and "On Fiji Island" are previous books by Ronald Wright, author of this book concerned with the Maya, who in the first millennium AD, created the most intellectually and artistically advanced civilization native to the Americas. Despite a mysterious collapse in the ninth century and Spanish invasion in the 16th century, some five million people throughout Guatemala, Belize and south-eastern Mexico still speak Maya languages and preserve a Maya identity today. Ronald Wright set out to discover the roots of the Maya and the extent of their survival after centuries ...
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 1991-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780805014709ISBN:0805014705
Description: Very good 1991 Henry Holt & Company 1st printing of this edition trade paperback. Light wear to edges cover edges. Light age spotting to outside page edges. No spine creases. Pages are clean with no marks or writing. Not price clipped. Not remaindered. Not ex-library. Not book club. This impressionistic travel diary portrays the uneducated but spirited modern descendants of the ancient Mayas, Incas and Aztecs, a potentially volatile peasant group suppressed by the European-descended Ladino ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Futura, London
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780708848739ISBN:0708848737
Description: Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed at corners. Spine smooth and binding tight. Clean and unmarked. 451 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Pr
Date Published: 1989-04
ISBN-13:9781555842918ISBN:1555842917
Description: Very Good. No folded pages or writing. Inside flap of dustcover has a light crease. Some dustcover wear, including rubbing & edgewear. read more
Description: As New. Appears to be unread, tight and unbroken spine, lovely cover; you'll be thrilled with this book! 100% satisfaction guaranteed! ! ! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson [1989], New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9781555842918ISBN:1555842917
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First [US] edition. 451 pages, illustrated with maps, glossary, notes, bibiliography, index. VG+ copy [spine heel front corner bumped] in Near Fine Dust Wrapper with a short tear to the top of the front flap fold. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly P
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780802137289ISBN:0802137288
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"This book would be very interesting to readers
who are already intensely interested in the Mayas
Wright travels widely and encounters survivors of
the Mayas and documents their old culture.
He is a good writer."
"Truly inspired writing and a clear inquisitive mind at work make this an important book...important for understanding who we are and who 'the other' is. This book was the first sign that Ronald Wright was an intellect and a writer to reckon with."
"I checked this book out of the library with a mind to read only the short chapter on Belize in preparation for a trip...and couldn't put it down. The author smoothly weaves fascinating facts from archaeology, history and modern day political science into a very readable journal of his travels. He not only helps the reader better appreciate the incredible accomplishments of the ancient Mayan people, but also to sympathize with their present-day plight. Wright's combination of knowledge, passion and good writing was such a great formula for an enjoyable read that I hardly realized how much learning I was absorbing along the way."
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