Toastmaster*s Humor Guide

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ISBN 10: 0804701652 / ISBN 13: 9780804701655

Published by National Reference Library (no date; ca 1960), Cleveland OH, 1960

About this Item

Speaker*s guide offers a large collection of jokes, sample introductions, remarks, after-dinner topics. Nice copy of rare item. Laid-in is a letter from the publisher. 8-1/2 x 11, 53 mimeographed pp Oversize Paperback in blue illus covers, side-stapled.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Toastmaster*s Humor Guide
• Publisher: National Reference Library (no date; ca 1960), Cleveland OH
• Publication Date: 1960
• ISBN 10: 0804701652
• ISBN 13: 9780804701655
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: No edition stated.
• Condition: Near Fine unmarked.

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Synopsis

The history of the Caste war of Yucatan. The author has written for the first time, a penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatan in the nineteenth and twentieth centures.

From the Inside Flap

This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history—the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatán against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847. Within a year, the Maya rebels had almost succeeded in driving their oppressors from the peninsula; by 1855, when the major battles ended, the war had killed or put to flight almost half of the population of Yucatán. A new religion built around a Speaking Cross supported their independence for over fifty years, and that religion survived the eventual Maya defeat and continues today.
This revised edition is based on further research in the archives and in the field, and draws on the research by a new generation of scholars who have labored since the book’s original publication 36 years ago. One of the most significant results of this research is that it has put a human face on much that had heretofore been treated as semi-mythical.
Reviews of the First Edition
“Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatán in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.”
—American Historical Review
“In this beautifully written history of a little-known struggle between several contending forces in Yucatán, Reed has added an important dimension to anthropological studies in this area.”
—American Anthropologist
“Not only is this exciting history (as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction) but it covers events unaccountably neglected by historians. . . . This is a brilliant contribution to history. . . . Don’t miss this book.”
—Los Angeles Times
“One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years.”
—Hispanic American Report