Belize Selected Proceedings from the Second Interdisciplinary Conference

Name: Belize Selected Proceedings from the Second Interdisciplinary Conference
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ISBN: 9780761802464

ISBN-10: 0761802460

ISBN-13: 9780761802464

Edition: 1996

Authors: Michael D. Philips

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Belize, a small, newly independent country in Central America, has recently garnered a great deal of the world's attention with its commitment to the protection of the environment and its promotion of eco-tourism. This book presents a full and diverse picture of such a unique country and its history. It contains some of the best research presented at the Second Interdisciplinary Conference on Belize. The conference has succeeded in building a scholarly community for Belize scholars and in promoting the study of a country that has perhaps been unjustly understudied. The conference papers gathered in this book serve as an introduction to Belize and to current scholarship taking place in the…

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List price: $93.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University Press of America, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/2/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Predicting the Past and Preserving it for the Future: Modeling and Management of Ancient Maya Residential Sites




Viragoes, Victims and Volunteers: Creole Female Political Cultures and Gendered State Policy in 19th Century Belize




Population and Ethnicity of Belize, 1861




A History of Banking in Belize




National Sovereignty as an Element of International Jurisprudence: A Case Study, the Quest of Belizean Separation from Guatemalan Dominion




The Festival of Arts: British Honduran, Belizean and National




The Influence of English on the Spanish Language of Belize




British Patriarchy and Female Adolescence: Father and Daughter in Beka Lamb




Can Nationalism Survive the Ethnic Revival? The Belizean Situation




International Migration and the Ruralization of Belize, 1970-1991



Notes on Contributors


Index