Tzintzuntzan Mexican peasants in a changing world /
Main Author: | Foster, George M. 1913-2006. |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Prospect Heights, Ill. :
Waveland Press,
1988.
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Physical Description: |
404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The peasant community
- The historical roots
- Tzintzuntzan and its people
- Interpersonal relations: family and compadrazgo
- How people behave
- The image of limited good
- The fear of envy
- Government, decision making, and conflict resolution
- Health and equilibrium
- Religious ritual: its latent functions
- The dyadic contract
- Change: culture, personality, and infrastructure
- A population explosion: causes and consequences
- Economic development problems
- Innovators and innovation
- Society and religion: the changing prestige system
- An experiment in development
- What is the future.