Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Wright, Ronald. Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico . New
York:Grove/Atlantic,2000.Anothergoodreadwithinsightsonculture,history,adventure,
and anthropology by a writer with an evident love for the modern-day Mayan people.
FICTION
Goldman, Francisco. The Long Night of White Chickens . New York: Grove/Atlantic, 1998.
This well-written novel is a tale of intrigue set in 1980s Guatemala governed by military
dictatorships. It's an entertaining read and does a nice job of bridging the gap between the
seemingly parallel worlds of the United States and Guatemala.
ART
Gieseman, Peter, and Ange Bourda. Six Architects . Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 2003. An
art-photographybookdocumentingthearchitectureoftheGuatemalaCity Seis Arquitectos
firm.
Moller, Jonathan. Our Culture Is Our Resistance: Repression, Refuge and Healing in
Guatemala . New York: PowerHouse Books, 2004. A beautiful photographic collection of
highland Mayan culture in the aftermath of the civil war with wonderful guest comment-
aries from Rigoberta Menchú, Francisco Goldman, and various other authors of books on
Guatemala.
NATURAL HISTORY
Beletsky, Les. Traveller's Wildlife Guides: Belize and Northern Guatemala . Northampton:
Interlink Books, 2005.
Lee, Julian C. Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World: The Low-
lands of Mexico, Northern Guatemala and Belize . Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000.
Peterson, Roger Tory, and Edward L. Chalif. A Field Guide to Mexican Birds: Mexico,
Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador . New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Describes and illus-
trates 1,038 species.
Primack, Richard B., et al., eds. Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation and Devel-
opment in the Maya Forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico . Washington, D.C.: Island
Press, 1998. Covers the delicate political and social issues implicated in conserving the re-
gion's remaining rainforests as told from the perspective of social scientists, conservation-
ists, and biologists working in the field.
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