Belize: A New Nation In Central America

by O. Nigel Bolland

Overview

Independent from Britain only since 1981, the new nation of Belize is situated at the intersection of two cultural spheres: the English-speaking Afro-Caribbean countries and the Spanish-speaking Central American republics. Its scanty population of about 150,000 is culturally heterogeneous, and its various ethnic groups coexist in a complex pattern

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429717710
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	174
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

O. Nigel Bolland is professor of sociology and chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword -- Introduction: The Land -- History from the Ancient Maya to the 1930s -- The Peoples and Cultures -- The Economy -- Politics and External Relations