Not Ours Alone: Patrimony, Value, and Collectivity in Contemporary Mexico

by Elizabeth Emma Ferry

Book Overview

Elizabeth Ferry explores how members of the Santa Fe Cooperative, a silver mine in Mexico, give meaning to their labor in an era of rampant globalization. She analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio (patrimony) in their understanding of work, tradition, and community. More specifically, she argues that patrimonio, a belief that certain resources are inalienable possessions of a local collective passed down to subsequent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231132395
• ISBN13: 9780231132398
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher