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Fields of the Tzotzil

The Ecological Bases of Tradition in Highland Chiapas

By: George A. Collier

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Fields of the Tzotzil

The Ecological Bases of Tradition in Highland Chiapas

By: George A. Collier

Fields of the Tzotzil is the first study of social processes in contemporary highland Maya communities to encompass a regional view of the highlands of Chiapas as a system. In viewing tradition, not as a survival of traits, but as a dynamic process of adaptation by local systems to their placement in larger social and economic systems, it lays to rest the theory that tribal peoples apparently are politically and economically isolated. In addition, its broad regional perspective sheds light on the problems of understanding the position of traditional ethnic groups in contemporary society. The approach of the book is ecological in two senses. First, all the topics dealt with concern the traditional behavior of Indian groups as revealed in their relationship to the land. Second, the analysis seeks out factors that condition land use, not just locally, but as part of a larger system that includes influences of the market and the impact of nationalist agrarian policy. Thus, the author examines land inheritance patterns and food production, as well as the interethnic relations in the region in which Indians are subordinate to mestizos. He discusses in detail corn farming, craft specialization, wage labor, and Indian colonization efforts under the Mexican ejido—all factors that directly affect land use and are thus part of the environment in highland Chiapas. The study is unique in its use of previously inaccessible historical source material and its use of novel methodological aids. Aerial photography was used in data collection, and the computer was used in ethnographic census analysis. The result is a book that reveals the Indian groups of Chiapas as apparent enclaves whose ethnicity is a dynamic, adaptive response to their position of marginal dependency. While their plight is extreme, it is nevertheless structurally similar to the position of ethnic groups in most large social systems.

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University of Texas Press

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0292771568

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9780292771567

The History of the Rochdale Pioneers

By: George Jacob Holyoake

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The History of the Rochdale Pioneers

By: George Jacob Holyoake

First published in 1893, this tenth edition of The History of the Rochdale Pioneers, is an example of the nineteenth-century tradition of self-help manuals. It describes the origins and the development of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society, the problems faced by the Rochdale Pioneers through economically tough times and how the collective were able to overcome these difficulties. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of social welfare, class and economics, as well as the Co-operative Movement.

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Routledge

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1315468832

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9781315468839

The Life of Henry George

By: Henry George

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The Life of Henry George

By: Henry George

Economist HENRY GEORGE (1839-1897) was, at the height of his popularity in the 1880s and 1890s, considered the third most famous American, behind Mark Twain and Thomas Edison, and his liberal philosophies on taxation, copyrights, poverty issues, and more continue to influence progressive movements today. This loving and inspiring biography, written by his son just after his father's death and published in 1900, draws on letters, journals, and other firsthand material, tells the tale of a boy sailor, apprentice printer, and would-be gold miner who transformed the world of work and hardship he saw around him into a new way of thinking about mankind's usage of the planet's wealth and stewardship of its own inner resources. This is an essential work for understanding and appreciating how one of the most significant thinkers in American history developed his values and beliefs through uniquely American experiences.

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657

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1596059680

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9781596059689

The Art of English Poesy

A Critical Edition

By: George Puttenham

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The Art of English Poesy

A Critical Edition

By: George Puttenham

George Puttenham's Art of English Poesy is a foundational work of English Renaissance criticism and literary theory. Rich in detail about the nature, purpose, and functions of poetry as well as the poet's character and goals, it is also a valuable historical document, offering generous insight into Elizabethan court culture, implicitly on display in the attitudes and values of the writer. His illustrative anecdotes enable us to watch European courtiers negotiating their social and political relationships with one another as well as with rulers and social inferiors. This new critical edition of The Art of English Poesy contains the first modernized and fully annotated edition of Puttenham's 1589 text; a substantial introductory essay by Frank Whigham and Wayne A. Rebhorn; a comprehensive bibliography; several glossaries and appendixes; and an index. The editors' masterly essay introduces Puttenham to modern readers and situates The Art of English Poesy in the context of the rhetorical theory, poetics, and courtly conduct of its time. The introduction also includes a concise biography of Puttenham based on a variety of new and unfamiliar data: he married an older and much richer woman whom he badly mistreated; indulged habitually in a life of sexual predation; was repeatedly sued, arrested, and imprisoned; survived several supposed attempts on his life; and died, nearly indigent, in 1591. For scholars and students of the English Renaissance, the Cornell edition of The Art of English Poesy should prove the definitive edition of Puttenham's major work.

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Cornell University Press

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1501707418

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9781501707414

Occident and Orient, Sketches on both Sides of the Pacific

Vol. 1

By: George Roberton

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Occident and Orient, Sketches on both Sides of the Pacific

Vol. 1

By: George Roberton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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3385401771

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9783385401778

Cannibals All!

By: George Fitzhugh

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Cannibals All!

By: George Fitzhugh

Reproduction of the original: Cannibals All! by George Fitzhugh

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3752381574

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A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

By: George Richard Crooks,Alexander Jacob Schem

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A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

By: George Richard Crooks,Alexander Jacob Schem

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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3752520272

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Basta!

Land and the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas

By: George Allen Collier,Elizabeth Lowery Quaratiello

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Basta!

Land and the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas

By: George Allen Collier,Elizabeth Lowery Quaratiello

On January 1, 1994, in the impoverished state of Chiapas in southern Mexico, the Zapatista rebellion shot into the international spotlight. In this fully revised third edition of their classic study of the rebellion's roots, George Collier and Elizabeth Lowery Quaratiello paint a vivid picture of the historical struggle for land faced by the Maya Indians, who are among Mexico's poorest people. Examining the roles played by Catholic and Protestant clergy, revolutionary and peasant movements, the oil boom and the debt crisis, NAFTA and the free trade era, and finally the growing global justice movement, the authors provide a rich context for understanding the uprising and the subsequent history of the Zapatistas and rural Chiapas, up to the present day.

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Food First Books

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0935028978

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Fields of the Tzotzil

Fields of the Tzotzil

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The History of the Rochdale Pioneers

The Life of Henry George

The Life of Henry George

The Art of English Poesy

The Art of English Poesy

Occident and Orient, Sketches on both Sides of the Pacific

Occident and Orient, Sketches on both Sides of the Pacific

Cannibals All!

Cannibals All!

A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

A New Latin-English School-Lexico on the basic of the Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev

Basta!

Basta!

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