Cuaresma y Semana Santa la Antigua Guatemala

Antil, Marcos

I am Marcos Antil, Guatemalan, Mayan Q'anjob'al, immigrant, family man, tech entrepreneur, founder of the company XumaK in the United States, Colombia and in Guatemala. With clients in more than twenty-five countries, which include companies from the Fortune 500. Born and raised in Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala; at fourteen I migrated, undocumented, to the U.S.A. unac...

Omar Sanchez-Sibony

By embedding Guatemala in recent conceptual and theoretical work in comparative politics and political economy, this volume advances knowledge about country's politics, economy, and state-society interactions. The contributors examine the stubborn realities and challenges afflicting Guatemala during the post-Peace-Accords-era across the following subjects: the state, subnationa...

Way, J.t.

u003cpu003eIn u003ciu003eAgrotropolis,u003c/iu003e historian J. T. Way traces the developments of Guatemalan urbanization and youth culture since 1983. In case studies that bring together political economy, popular music, and everyday life, Way explores the rise of urban space in towns seen as quintessentially "rural" and showcases grassroots cultural assertiveness. In a post-r...

Nolin, Catherine / Russell, Grahame

What is land? A resource to be exploited? A commodity to be traded? A home to cherish? In Guatemala, a country still reeling from thirty-six years of US-backed state repression and genocides, dominant Canadian mining interests cash in on the transformation of land into "property," while those responsible act with near-total impunity. Editors Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell ...

Gibbings, Julie

Postcolonial histories have long emphasized the darker side of narratives of historical progress, especially their role in underwriting global and racial hierarchies. Concepts like primitiveness, backwardness, and underdevelopment not only racialized and gendered peoples and regions, but also ranked them on a seemingly naturalized timeline - their 'present' is our 'past' - and ...

Sellers-Garcia, Sylvia

A true story of violence and punishment that illuminates a transformative moment in Guatemalan history. On the morning of July 1, 1800, a surveyor and mapmaker named Cayetano Dâiaz opened the window of his study in Guatemala City to find a horrific sight: a pair of severed breasts. Offering a meticulously researched and evocative account of the quest to find the perpetrator and...

Bell, Elizabeth

Describes the life of a macaw in Guatemala. ...

Bell, Elizabeth

Conozcamos La Antigua da vida a Antigua Guatemala para los lectores jóvenes. Se trata de un libro para colorear bilingüe (español-inglés) con ilustraciones de la comunidad y sus alrededores. Los niños pueden colorear mientras aprenden sobre este importante sitio del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO. ...

Bell, Elizabeth

La Antigua Guatemala: la Ciudad y su Patrimonio Conozca La Antigua Guatemala, conocida originalmente como Santiago de Guatemala con una descripción de su historia, monumentos, museos, casas y fiestas. Incluye información acerca de ambiente del Valle y las cronologías de sus terremotos y erupciones del Volcán de Fuego además de una bibliografía. Es el libro más reconocido para i...

Bell, Elizabeth

This book brings the historical city of Antigua Guatemala to life. It is recognized as THE most comprehensive book on this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Focus on the history of the colonial city, previously known as Santiago de Guatemala, with an illustrated concise history of the main monuments and museums. Enjoy a chapter dedicated to beautiful colonial homes and fiestas and ho...

Bell, Elizabeth

Veamos Santo Domingo en Antigua Guatemala (Edición en inglés y español) Una hermosa contribución a una serie de libros de colorear bilingües (inglés / español) de Elizabeth Bell, sigue a los dominicanos desde su llegada a Antigua Guatemala a su partida a la ciudad de Guatemala en 1773. Dibujos divertidos nos muestran trabajos de restauración y el Hotel Casa Santo Domingo con su...

Bell, Elizabeth

Conozcamos La Antigua da vida a Antigua Guatemala para los lectores jóvenes. Se trata de un libro para colorear bilingüe (español-inglés) con ilustraciones de la comunidad y sus alrededores. Los niños pueden colorear mientras aprenden sobre este importante sitio del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO. ...