Tzintzuntzan Mexican peasants in a changing world /

Main Author: Foster, George M. 1913-2006.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, 1988.
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.