Sons of the Shaking Earth: The People of Mexico and Guatemala–Their Land, History, and Culture

Description

Author: Wolf, Eric  (1923-1999)

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Pub Date: 1962 (Third printing)

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No bends or folds.  Previous owner’s name, date, and locational information on upper corner ffep/half-title page.  Upper front cover corner at spine head has an approx. 1/8″ tear.  Edge and corner wear.

Notes:  Basically a historical/anthropological textbook of the Central American Maya.  Easy read, not jargony, but with a Marxist bent (and volcanic undertones).  From prehistory to the late 1950s, including the conquest by Spain.