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After the coup : an ethnographic reframing of Guatemala, 1954 / edited by Timothy J. Smith and Abigail E. Adams. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2011. - x, 167 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : reflecting upon the historical impact of the coup / Timothy J. Smith and Abigail E. Adams -- Antonio Goubaud Carrera : between the contradictions of the generación de 1920 and U.S. anthropology / Abigail E. Adams -- Recovering the truth of the 1954 coup : restoring peace with justice / June C. Nash -- A democracy born in violence : Maya perceptions of the 1944 Patzicía Massacre and the 1954 coup / David Carey Jr. -- The politics of land, identity, and silencing : a case study from El Oriente of Guatemala, 1944-54 / Christa Little-Siebold -- The path back to literacy : Maya education through war and beyond / Judith M. Maxwell -- Democracy delayed : the evolution of ethnicity in Guatemala society, 1944-96 / Richard N. Adams.

ISBN: 9780252077845 (acidfree paper) 9780252035869 (acidfree paper)

LCCN: 2010049187

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethnology--Guatemala.
Mayas--Violence against--History--Guatemala--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Guatemala--History--Revolution, 1954.
Guatemala--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1954
Guatemala--Ethnic relations.
Guatemala--History--1945-1985.
Guatemala--History--1985-
Guatemala--Politics and government--1945-1985.
Guatemala--Politics and government--1985-

LC Class. No.: F1466.5 / .A47 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 972.81052 SMI-AA