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Author Cook, Scott, 1937-

Title Land, livelihood, and civility in southern Mexico : Oaxaca Valley communities in history / Scott Cook
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 383 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
Contents The Teitipac communities : peasant-artisans on the hacienda's periphery -- Hacienda San Antonio Buenavista from two perspectives : hacendado and terrazguero -- San Juan Teitipac : metateros here and there -- San Sebastián Teitipac : metateros and civility -- San Lorenzo Albarradas, Xaagá, and the hacienca regime -- "Castellanos" as plaiters and weavers : San Lorenzo Albarradas and Xaagá -- The Jalieza communitities : peasant-artisans with mixed crafts -- Santa Cecilia Jalieza : defending homeland in hostile surroundings -- Magdalena Ocotlán : from terrazgueros to artisanal ejidatarios -- Magdalena's metateros : servants of the saints and the market
Summary Examines social relations, land ownership, and artisan trades in rural Oaxaca villages
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Zapotec Indians -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley -- Industries
Zapotec Indians -- Land tenure -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley
Zapotec Indians -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley -- Social conditions
Haciendas -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley -- History
Metate industry -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley -- History
Brickmaking -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Brickmaking
Economic history
Haciendas
Metate industry
Race relations
Social conditions
Zapotec Indians
Zapotec Indians -- Land tenure
Zapotec Indians -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Oaxaca Valley (Mexico) -- Race relations
Oaxaca Valley (Mexico) -- Economic conditions
Oaxaca Valley (Mexico) -- Social conditions
Subject Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013023358
ISBN 9780292754775
0292754779