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

    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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