Strange Lands and Different Peoples: Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Guatemala

by W G Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz, Wendy Kramer, et al.

Book Overview

Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these "rich and strange lands," as Hern n Cort s called them, and their "many different peoples" was brutal and prolonged. "Strange Lands and Different Peoples" examines the myriad ramifications of Spanish intrusion, especially Maya resistance to it and the changes that took place in native life because of it.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806143908
• ISBN13: 9780806143903
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"