Land, Livelihood, and Civility in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca Valley Communities in History

by Scott Cook

Book Overview

In the Valley of Oaxaca in Mexico's Southern Highland region, three facets of sociocultural life have been interconnected and interactive from colonial times to the present: first, community land as a space to live and work; second, a civil-religious system managed by reciprocity and market activity wherein obligations of citizenship, office, and festive sponsorships are met by expenditures of labor-time and money; and third, livelihood. In this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292772521
• ISBN13: 9780292772526
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"