Global Maya: Work and Ideology in Rural Guatemala
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: Apr 15, 2011
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780816529872
Description: In the central highland Maya communities of Guatemala, the demands of the global economy have become a way of life. This book explores how rural peoples experience economic and cultural change as their country joins the global market, focusing on their thoughts about work and sustenance as a way of learning about Guatemala's changing economy.