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The first study of social processes in contemporary highland Maya communities to encompass a regional view of the highlands of Chiapas as a system.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Forms of Land Utilization
  • 3. Land and the Family
  • 4. Land Inheritance in Apas
  • 5. Soil Erosion in Chamula
  • 6. Marginality
  • 7. Ethnicity
  • 8. The Refuge-Region Hypothesis
  • 9. National Indianism and Indian Nationalism
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Methodology
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Fields of the Tzotzil The Ecological Bases of

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1976
      ISBN13: 9780292739994, 978-0292739994
      ISBN10: 0292739990
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first study of social processes in contemporary highland Maya communities to encompass a regional view of the highlands of Chiapas as a system.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • 1. Introduction
      • 2. Forms of Land Utilization
      • 3. Land and the Family
      • 4. Land Inheritance in Apas
      • 5. Soil Erosion in Chamula
      • 6. Marginality
      • 7. Ethnicity
      • 8. The Refuge-Region Hypothesis
      • 9. National Indianism and Indian Nationalism
      • 10. Conclusion
      • Appendix: Methodology
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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