2012 and the end of the world
Subtitle: the Western roots of the Maya apocalypse
By: Matthew Restall and Amara Solari
Contributors: Solari, Amara, 1978-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781442206090; 9781442206113
Subjects: Two thousand twelve, A.D.; End of the world; Maya philosophy; Prophecies; Medieval Civilization; Millennialism; Maya calendar; Western Civilization
Other titles: Two thousand twelve and the end of the world; Two thousand and twelve and the end of the world; Twenty twelve and the end of the world
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: You really can survive; title: The history of the end of the world : the Maya prediction; title: They deserve better : the Maya evidence; title: God is angry : the millenarian mother lode; title: The Moctezuma factor : the end of the world comes to Mexico; title: Apocalypto : the millennium comes to the Maya; title: We are almost there : why people believe.