Markets in Oaxaca

Markets in Oaxaca

Author: Scott Cook

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2014-01-09

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 147730116X

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Markets in Oaxaca is a study of the regional peasant marketing system in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. It relates the marketing system to other aspects of the regional economy, to neighboring regions, and to the Mexican national economy. Combining ethnographic, theoretical, and regional analyses, it suggests new directions in the fields of peasant and development studies. Contributors to the volume describe the operation and nature of several marketplaces in the region, analyze village-based artisan production and various specialized economic roles (particularly the role of traders), and describe the operation of several total regional marketing systems. The editors then consider their findings against the background of political, economic, and social structures from the pre-Conquest period to the present. In their conclusion, the editors find the regional peasant economy to be responsive both to the influence of the urban metropolitan sector, on the one hand, and to its own indigenous structural integrity and internal dynamism, on the other. In addition to the editors, the contributors to Markets in Oaxaca are Ralph L. Beals, Richard L. Berg Jr., Beverly Chiñas, Herbert M. Eder, Charlotte Stolmaker, Carole Turkenik, John C. Warner, Ronald Waterbury, and Cecil R. Welte. Their essays combine analyses of the elements of the system within a comprehensive theoretical framework. Together, they present a complete and integrated view of a peasant economy.


Women and Change in Latin America

Women and Change in Latin America

Author: June C. Nash

Publisher: Bergin & Garvey

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780897890700

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A fine collection . . . this is a volume every person with interests in the social sciences and/or Latin America should read. "American Anthropologist" Outlines in impressive detail the dimensions of women's powerlessness and shows the rich array of strategies women use to survive the oppression of their daily lives. "Women's Review of Books"


Mayan Visions

Mayan Visions

Author: June C. Nash

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1135957134

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A significant work by one of anthropology's most important scholars, this book provides an introduction to the Chiapas Mayan community of Mexico, better known for their role in the Zapatista Rebellion.


I Spent My Life in the Mines

I Spent My Life in the Mines

Author: Juan Rojas

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780231079372

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This compelling autobiographical account tells the story of Juan Rojas, a Bolivian tin miner, his wife Petrona Mamani and their children. They recounted their experiences to June Nash during her field trips to Bolivia between 1969 and 1986.


From Tank Town to High Tech

From Tank Town to High Tech

Author: June C. Nash

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1989-08-15

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1438414153

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This is a book about the impact of high tech defense production on individuals, families, and communities. It analyzes the restructuring of an American industry around high tech defense production, and the effect of this restructuring on employment opportunities and on the redistribution of profits. The author is concerned with the construction of corporate hegemony which she defines in Gramscian terms as leadership by large corporations, establishing a pattern for industrial organization. Focusing on regional economic history and corporate policy, Dr. Nash identifies the interconnected issues that bear on the relationship between industrial transformation and social life, on the restructuring of the American economy, and the consequences of militarization and commercialization on the family and community.


Social Movements

Social Movements

Author: Vincenzo Ruggiero

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780415445825

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This timely reader provides an anthology of the literature on social movements, including the key texts relating to the notions of conflict, social change and collective action. The editors have selected and commented on the cameos found in this field of analysis and research, from classical sociology through to contemporary social movement theory.


Politics In The Andes

Politics In The Andes

Author: Jo-Marie Burt

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

Published: 2004-02-22

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0822972506

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The Andean region is perhaps the most violent and politically unstable in the Western Hemisphere. Politics in the Andes is the first comprehensive volume to assess the persistent political challenges facing Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Arguing that Andean states and societies have been shaped by common historical forces, the contributors' comparative approach reveals how different countries have responded variously to the challenges and opportunities presented by those forces. Individual chapters are structured around themes of ethnic, regional, and gender diversity; violence and drug trafficking; and political change and democracy.Politics in the Andes offers a contemporary view of a region in crisis, providing the necessary context to link the often sensational news from the area to broader historical, political, economic, and social trends.


The New Latin American Left

The New Latin American Left

Author: Patrick S. Barrett

Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)

Published: 2008-10-20

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Leading scholars discuss ideology and hotly contested post-structuralist theory.


Globalization and Social Justice

Globalization and Social Justice

Author: Prahlad Gangaram Jogdand

Publisher: Rawat Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Contributed articles presented at the Seminar organized by Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Social Justice.