Terry Rugeley is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma and author of Yucatan's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War, Of Wonders and Wise Men: Religion and Popular Cultures in Southwest Mexico, 1800-1876, and Maya Wars: Ethnographic Accounts from 19th Century Yucatan.

Heller does not only focus on the Maya ruins but also provides unique observations about indigenous society. The editor has done a commendable job translating this book and providing an introduction and annotations that help the reader place the work in its context. - Jurgen Buchenau is the author of In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central American Policy, 1876-1930. ""A fine and useful book. The narrative offers numerous insights, both implicit and explicit; about the difficulties facing a recently independent Mexico, from its infrastructure to its politics. What is most interesting, however, is the narrator himself."" - Richard Warren, Director of the Latin American Studies Program at St. Joseph's University.

Terry Rugeley is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma and author of Yucatan's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War, Of Wonders and Wise Men: Religion and Popular Cultures in Southwest Mexico, 1800-1876, and Maya Wars: Ethnographic Accounts from 19th Century Yucatan.

Heller does not only focus on the Maya ruins but also provides unique observations about indigenous society. The editor has done a commendable job translating this book and providing an introduction and annotations that help the reader place the work in its context. - Jurgen Buchenau is the author of In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central American Policy, 1876-1930. ""A fine and useful book. The narrative offers numerous insights, both implicit and explicit; about the difficulties facing a recently independent Mexico, from its infrastructure to its politics. What is most interesting, however, is the narrator himself."" - Richard Warren, Director of the Latin American Studies Program at St. Joseph's University.

Terry Rugeley is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma and author of Yucatan's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War, Of Wonders and Wise Men: Religion and Popular Cultures in Southwest Mexico, 1800-1876, and Maya Wars: Ethnographic Accounts from 19th Century Yucatan.

Heller does not only focus on the Maya ruins but also provides unique observations about indigenous society. The editor has done a commendable job translating this book and providing an introduction and annotations that help the reader place the work in its context. - Jurgen Buchenau is the author of In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central American Policy, 1876-1930. ""A fine and useful book. The narrative offers numerous insights, both implicit and explicit; about the difficulties facing a recently independent Mexico, from its infrastructure to its politics. What is most interesting, however, is the narrator himself."" - Richard Warren, Director of the Latin American Studies Program at St. Joseph's University.