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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459881503321

Autore

Guzaro Tomás

Titolo

Escaping the fire [[electronic resource] ] : how an Ixil Mayan pastor led his people out of a holocaust during the Guatemalan Civil War / / Tomás Guzaro and Terri Jacob McComb; afterword by David Stoll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010

ISBN

0-292-79299-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 224 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

McCombTerri Jacob

Disciplina

972.8105/2

Soggetti

Guerrillas - Guatemala - History - 20th century

Guerrilla warfare - Guatemala - History - 20th century

Ixil Indians

Clergy - Guatemala

Religious leaders - Guatemala

Evangelicalism - Guatemala

Electronic books.

Guatemala History Civil War, 1960-1996 Personal narratives, Maya

Guatemala History Civil War, 1960-1996 Underground movements

Guatemala History Civil War, 1960-1996 Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Exodus : August 1982 -- Son of a Mayan priest : 1960's -- Catholicism in Ixil country : late 1960's-mid-1970's -- The curse : 1975-1976 -- Conflict of cultures : October 1976-1977 -- Reconciliation : 1977-1978 -- Protestant growth and the guerrilla takeover : February-September 1979 -- Between two fires : October 1979-August 1980 -- Targeting the evangelicos : September 1980 -- Given a little more time : September-December 1980 -- Narrow escapes : January 1981-February 1982 -- Desperate for a way out : February-July 1982 -- The vision : July-August 1982 -- Escaping the fire : August 3-4, 1982 -- A taste of freedom : August 1982 -- Life in a refugee village : September 1982-May 1983 -- Lifting up Ixil country : June 1983-2009 -- Afterword: Tomás Guzaro in historical context