Maya Children: Helpers at the Farm

by Karen Kramer and Karen Kramer

Book Overview

Among the Maya of Xculoc, an isolated farming village in the lowland forests of the Yucat?n peninsula, children contribute to household production in considerable ways. Thus this village, the subject of anthropologist Karen Kramer's study, affords a remarkable opportunity for understanding the economics of childhood in a pre-modern agricultural setting.

Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives and extensive data gathered over many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674016904
• ISBN13: 9780674016903
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"