Class, Ethnicity, and Community in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca's Peasantries

ISBN-13: 9780198233879 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 336 str.

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Opis

The land reform in Mexico that followed the Revolution of 1910-17 helped to reconstitute peasant communities in the lowland areas of Oaxaca as a complement to the peasantries that had persisted from early colonial times at the higher altitudes. This book examines the history, production systems, and life styles of these communities, focussing in particular on their structure, ethnic movements, and political participation.

Recenzje

A thorough and wide-ranging study, into which Clarke adeptly weaves so many strands. The reader benefits from Clarke's intimate knowledge of Oaxaca, gained over many years of field research and from his meticulous approach to the data ... The volume contains an appealing mix of the qualitative and the quantitative, well supported by maps, diagrams and photographs ... undoubtedly an excellent addition to the Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series.