Lives of dust and water : an anthropology of change and resistance in northwestern Mexico / María Luz Cruz-Torres.

Author/creator Cruz-Torres, María Luz, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxvi, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Rural poor--Mexico. --Sinaloa (State). --Social conditions.
Rural poor--Mexico. --Sinaloa (State). --Economic conditions.
Rural development--Mexico. --Sinaloa (State).
Social change--Mexico. --Sinaloa (State).
Sinaloa (Mexico : State)--Social conditions.
Sinaloa (Mexico : State)--Economic conditions.
Sinaloa (Mexico : State)--Rural conditions.

Contents El Sur de Sinaloa : a historical portrait of a land and a people -- Rosario and Escuinapa : the globalization of two coastal municipios -- Gypsies, peones, and ejidatarios : a political ecology of El Cerro -- On top of a hill : the structure and organization of a Mexican ejido -- From hacienda to community : a political ecology of Celaya -- In the shade of the coconut trees : the structure and organization of Celaya -- Global economies, local livelihoods : gender and labor in rural communities -- La Lucha : the dynamics of household relations and resistance -- Conclusion : the political ecology of change and resistance in northwestern Mexico.
Local noteLittle-347806--305131054526Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-317) and index.
LCCN 2004008526
ISBN0816523886 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other class# UA 5.2:L 48/3

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