O messianismo Maya no período colonial
By: Antonio Porro.
Series: Antropologia ;; 17; Antropologia (São Paulo, Brazil) ;; 17.
Publisher: FFLCH-USP
Published: 1991
Place of publication: [São Paulo, Brazil]
Language: por
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Mayas -- Religion.; Mayas -- Politics and government.; Mayas -- History.; Nativistic movements -- Mexico -- History.; Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Description: "A fascinating little collection of excerpts from primary sources relating to Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Chiapas, from the 16th-18th centuries, illustrating the author's hypothesis of a recurring Maya messianic or millenarian response to the Spanish invasion and occupation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.