Books by Terry Rugeley

Spanning the full breadth of Mexico's long and storied past, Epic Mexico provides an unparalleled view of Mexican history. The book's story reaches from the days of the saber-tooth tiger to those of the narco-trafficker; and from the time of the Olmec and the Aztec to the complex pluralistic society of contemporary Mexico.

A study of one of the largest and most successful Mayan peasant rebellions.

The River People in Flood Time explores how a poor and deeply fragmented province managed to overcome one foreign intervention after another.

Religion and the popular cultures surrounding it form the lens through which Terry Rugeley focuses this cultural history of southeast Mexico from independence (1821) to the rise of the dictator Porfirio Diaz in 1876.

In a process that will seem tragically familiar to modern-day readers, this book charts the origins and progress of two generations of seemingly endless violence and political instability, set against the backdrop of Yucatan, Mexico.