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El Salvador
Central America as a whole | El Salvador | For younger readers | Pre-Columbian art and architecture
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Central America as a whole
Arnold, Caroline. City of the Gods. Clarion, 1994. A photographic journey through the ancient Aztec city of Teotihuacán; for younger readers.
Booth, John A., and Thomas W. Walker. Understanding Central America. Westview, 1993, 1999. A thorough guide to the political and social complexities of the region.
Bunson, Stephen M., and Margaret E. Bunson. Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesoamerica. Facts on File, 1996. Guide to the people, places, and history of the region.
Dominguez, Jorge I., and Marc Lindenberg, eds. Democratic Transitions in Central America. University Press of Florida, 1997. A study of the transition from civil war to democracy as experienced in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
Drew, David. The Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings. University of California Press, 2000. This study provides new evidence on the ruin of the Maya empire.
Reddish, Paul. Spirits of the Jaguar: The Natural History and Ancient Civilizations of the Caribbean and Central America. BBC/Parkwest, 1997. An illustrated companion to the popular BBC-PBS television series on the natural history of the region.
Sieder, Rachel, ed. Central America: Fragile Transition. St. Martin's, 1996. Explores the nature of democratic transition following the abatement of civil wars in the region.
Wallace, David Rains. The Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America. Sierra Club, 1997. The biological and geological evolution of the land bridge between the Americas.
Weaver, Frederick Stirton. Inside the Volcano: The History and Political Economy of Central America. Westview, 1994. Central America's colonial past and its effect on current political and social structures.
El Salvador
Cheney, Glenn Alan. El Salvador: Country in Crisis. Franklin Watts, 1990. Overview of El Salvador's civil war; for middle school to high school readers.
Paige, Jeffery M. Coffee and Power: Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America. Harvard University Press, 1997. The coffee elites and political influence in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.
Stanley, William Deane. The Protection Racket State: Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in El Salvador. Temple University Press, 1996. Includes a contextual history of El Salvador and its shift to state-endorsed violence during the civil war.
Towell, Larry. El Salvador. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, 1997. A photojournalist's pictorial study of El Salvador's civil war.
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For younger readers
Foley, Erin. El Salvador. Marshall Cavendish, 1995. For readers in grades 6 to 10.
Morrison, Marion. El Salvador. Scholastic, , 2001. For readers in grades 5 to 9.
Sanders, Renfield. El Salvador. Chelsea House, 1997. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
Pre-Columbian art and architecture
Baudez, Claude F. Maya Sculpture of Copan: The Iconography. University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. Highly detailed and well-illustrated study of Classic Maya sculptural programs.
Benson, Elizabeth P., and others, eds. Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico. Abrams, 1996. Catalog of a comprehensive exhibition of Olmec art.
Bercht, Fatima, and Estrellita Brodsky, eds. Taino: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean. Monacelli, 1997. Catalog of a landmark exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio in New York City.
Berrin, Kathleen, and Esther Pasztory, eds. Teotihuacan: Art from the City of the Gods. Thames & Hudson, 1993. Beautifully illustrated catalog of more than 200 objects from the ancient city-state.
Burger, Richard L. Chavin and the Origins of Andean Civilization. Thames & Hudson, 1992. Scholarly investigations into an early Peruvian art tradition.
Carrasco, David, and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World. University Press of Colorado, 1992. Beautifully illustrated overview of Aztec art.
Covarrubias, Miguel. Indian Art of Mexico and Central America. Knopf, 1957. Superbly illustrated description of pre-Hispanic art.
Gasparini, Graziano, and Luise Margolies. Inca Architecture. University of Indiana Press, 1980. Illustrated survey of urban settlements, homes, and religious buildings.
Kubler, George. The Art and Architecture of Ancient America. Penguin, 1992. Mexican, Maya, Inca, Central American, Colombian, and Ecuadorian art.
Markman, Peter T., and Roberta H. Markman. Masks of the Spirit: Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica. University of California Press, 1989, 1994. Thorough study of Mexican ritual masks.
Miller, Mary Ellen. The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec. Thames & Hudson, 1996. Well-illustrated survey.
Moseley, Michael Edward. The Incas and their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru. Thames & Hudson, 1992. An archaeological investigation into ancient Peruvian cultures.
Schele, Linda, and Mary Ellen Miller. The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art. Kimbell Art Museum, Braziller, 1986. 1992. Illustrated examination of Maya art and society.
Stone-Miller, Rebecca. Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. Thames & Hudson, 1996. Thorough review of Andean cultures.
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