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:	9780367005221
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/2019
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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