Maya Society under Colonial Rule: The Collective Enterprise of Survival

Nancy Farriss

This is a study of the Maya Indians of Yucatan, Mexico, from late preconquest times through the end of the Spanish colonial rule.

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

Award	Year	Result	Category / Notes
American Historical Association Book Prizes: Beveridge Family Prize in American History	1985	Winner	Official source

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01 Central figures
None extracted with sufficient confidence.
02 Central places
- Yucatan, Mexico86%
03 Suggested argument
The book studies how the Maya Indians of Yucatan, Mexico, managed collective survival from late preconquest times through the end of Spanish colonial rule.
Model confidence 62%
04 Reading orientation
72 / 100 academic
Academic
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