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Where the dove calls : the political ecology of a peasant corporate community in northwestern Mexico
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Details
- Creator
- Thomas E. Sheridan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Tucson : University Of Arizona Press, [1988]
- ©1988
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xxiv, 237 pages) : illustrations
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780816543908, 0816543909, 0816510555, 9780816510559, 9780816517039, 0816517037
- OCLC
- on1151789500
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
- Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Corporate Control of Scarce Resources in Peasant Societies -- 1. Donde Canta la Paloma: Cucurpe in Historical Perspective -- 2. La Vida Cucurpena: Modern Agrarian Society in Cucurpe -- 3. La Tierra No Muere: Agriculture and Water Control -- 4. El Ganado Le Da la Vida: Livestock Raising -- 5. Mineros y Mescaleros: Nonagrarian Economic Activities -- 6. Ganaderos y Comuneros: Economic Inequality and the Organization of Resource Control
- 7. Capitaiistas y Boishevikis: The Ideology of Resource Control -- 8. Los Comuneros: The History and Structure of the Comunidad of Cucurpe -- 9. Los Comuneros: The Functions of the Comunidad of Cucurpe -- 10. Conclusions: The Political Ecology of the Comunidad of Cucurpe -- Reference Material -- Appendix A: Sources of Data -- Appendix B: Indices of Total Wealth and Wealth in Livestock -- Notes to the Chapters -- Glossary of Spanish Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Human ecology -- Mexico -- Cucurpe.
- Natural resources -- Mexico -- Cucurpe -- Management.
- Cucurpe (Mexico) -- Economic conditions.
- Economic anthropology -- Mexico -- Cucurpe.
- Agriculture, Cooperative -- Mexico -- Cucurpe.
- Resource management -- Mexico.
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- Rural off-farm employment -- Mexico.
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- Popular participation -- Mexico.
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- Joint ownerships -- Mexico.
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