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The Modern Maya: Incidents of Travel and Friendship in Yucatán (The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere) by Macduff Everton; with contributions, investigations, and explorations conducted for nearly forty years by Charles Demangeat and Hilario Hiler is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Ancient Maya cities draw travelers from all over the world to Mexicos Yucatn peninsula. But while tales of the Maya collapse give an air of mystery to the ruins, modern Maya still live in communities across the Yucatn, where they strive to maintain their culture and way of life despite centuries of political, social, and environmental disruption. Photographer Macduff Everton has spent more than four decades living and working among the Maya. His 1991 book on the modern Maya provided a superb photo-essay and ethnographic record of the Maya during a time of critical change and globalization. In this book, he masterfully updates his portrait of the modern Maya, while investigating the effects of NAFTA, tourism, the evangelical movement, world trade and maquiladoras, racism, sexism, and drugs on Maya communities. Combining splendid photography of ancient Maya sites and modern Maya communities with an illuminating narrative, Everton takes us into the homes and lives of farmers and chicle gatherers, ranch hands and henequen workers, as well as the Mayan-speaking urbanites who work at the resorts on the Riviera Maya. His long acquaintance with the Maya allows him to tell dramatic stories

Author

Macduff Everton; with contributions, investigations, and explorations conducted for nearly forty years by Charles Demangeat and Hilario Hiler

Publisher

University of Chicago Press Chicago Distribution Center

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292726932

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.7 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14