Paradise in Ashes : A Guatemalan Journey of Courage, Terror, and Hope by Beatriz Manz - 2004

University of California Press, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of California Press, 2004-03-15. Hardcover. Good.

Berkeley: University of California Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520240162 . Felt tip mark on top edge. ; California Series in Public Anthropology; Height: 9.25 Inches, Length: 6.25 Inches, Weight: 1.0802650838 Pounds, Widt; 330 pages .

Berkeley. 2004. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0520240162. 330 pages. hardcover. keywords: Guatemala History Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Paradise in Ashes is a deeply engaged and moving account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s. In this compelling book, Beatriz Manz–an anthropologist who spent over two decades studying the Mayan highlands and remote rain forests of Guatemala–tells the story of the village of Santa María Tzejá, near the border with Mexico. Manz writes eloquently about Guatemala's tortured history and shows how the story of this village–its birth, destruction, and rebirth–embodies the forces and conflicts that define the country today. Drawing on interviews with peasants, community leaders, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces, Manz creates a richly detailed political portrait of Santa María Tzejá, where highland Maya… Read More

Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 311 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by the author Beatriz Manz on title page. First Edition; First Printing indicated by intact number line ending in the number 1. Minor shelfwear. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition..

University of California Press, 2004-03-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!