Gabbert (sociology, U. of Hanover) argues that the Maya-speaking population of the Yucat n peninsula in eastern Mexico has never been a conscious ethnic grouping. For example he points out that language, the most important criteria today, was not a factor at all before the beginning of the 20th century, because Maya was the mother tongue of many pe
| ISBN: | 9780816523160 |
| Publication date: | 29th February 2004 |
| Author: | Wolfgang Gabbert |
| Publisher: | The University of Arizona Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 252 pages |
| Genres: |
General and world history Indigenous peoples Ethnic studies History of the Americas |