Ruth Karen
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Ruth Karen was born in Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1940. She was a graduate of the London School of Economics and the New School of Social Research, where she received a master's degree in 1944. She began her career as a foreign and war correspondent and worked as a United Nations correspondent for The Toronto Star and The Reporter magazine. She became a senior vice president of the Business International Corporation, a publishing, research and consulting concern serving multinational corporations. In 1985 she began her own consulting business, Hagai Associates. She wrote ten books, chiefly about the people, culture, and politics of Central America.
Books
The land and people of Central America
An introduction to the seven countries of Central America including a discussion of the people and culture of the Mayan empire.
Kingdom of the sun
Discusses the culture of the Incas of Peru including their customs, daily life, art, and architecture.
Song of the Quail
Discusses the development and achievements of the Mayan civilization that flourished for 3000 years from the Yucatan peninsula through the Central American isthmus.
Hello Guatemala
Discusses the geography, history, people, and modern industrial, cultural, and economic progress of the northernmost country in Central America.