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Author Call, Wendy

Title No word for welcome : the Mexican village faces the global economy / Wendy Call
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Drawing an old map -- Learning the lay of the land -- Time travel -- Ocean's mouth empties -- A village of sand -- Worshipping a wooden cross -- Isthmus defended -- We come here to name ourselves -- Peregrination -- Outpost of the poor -- Celebrate Saint Francis of the sea -- Gourd full of gold -- Redrawing the map
Summary Follows the story of a large-scale development effort in central Mexico, and the grassroots efforts to stop it
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Economic development projects -- Mexico -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of
Indigenous peoples -- Mexico -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of
Protest movements -- Mexico -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of
Globalization -- Mexico -- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Economic development projects
Globalization
Indigenous peoples
Protest movements
Mexico -- Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010046944
ISBN 9780803238275
0803238274
1283146452
9781283146456
0803235100
9780803235106