Unfinished Conquest : The Guatemalan Tragedy / Perera/Chauche; ed. by Victor Perera, Daniel Chauche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perera/Chauche, Author.

Contributor:

Chauche, Daniel, Editor.

Perera, Victor, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1994]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Spanning the years of civil war in Guatemala, Unfinished Conquest portrays an embattled country facing the third cycle of a conquest that began when the conquistadors arrived in the sixteenth century. As personal narrative weaves with reportage and oral testimony, we meet the victims, champions, and villains of a society torn apart by violence and injustice.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

PART I

1 Guatemala City

2 La Violencia

3 The New Conquerors

PART II The Ixil Triangle

4 Nebaj

5 Cotzal

6 The War Goes On

PART III Huehuetenango

7 The Crosses of Todos Santos

8 San Mateo Ixtatan

PART IV Santiago Atitlan

9 Father Stan Rother

10 The Missionaries' Return

PART V El Peten

11 Saving the Mayas' Rain Forest

12 The Battle Is Joined

PART VI

13 Unfinished Conquest

14 Profiles and Portents

15 Profiles and Portents II

16 The Hew Indian versus the Hew Maya

17 The Evangelical Presidents

Epilogue

Afterword

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

0-520-35483-4

OCLC:

1419789667