The Mayan in the Mall : Globalization, Development, and the Making of Modern Guatemala /

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This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Way, John T. (John Thomas), 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Duke University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Globalization > Social aspects.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Economic history.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Guatemala.
Globalization > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Economic development > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Guatemala.
Guatemala > Economic conditions > 1985-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere.
Physical Description:1 online resource (327 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822394785

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