Culturing identities, the state, and national consciousness in late nineteenth-century western Guatemala

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-340

  Watanabe, John M ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Guatemala; Maya Indians; National identities; State formation

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; RACISM;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0034130317     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3050(00)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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