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Book SynopsisExplores how members of Guanajuato's Santa Fe Cooperative, Mexico's cooperatively owned silver mine, give meaning to their labor in an era of globalization and neoliberalism. This work analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio in their understanding of work, kinship, and morality.
Table of ContentsForeword, by June Nash Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Inalienability, Value, and Collectivity 2. The Santa Fe Cooperative in Guanajuato, Mexico 3. Labor, History, and Historical Consciousness 4. Recent Challenges and Responses 5. Realms of Patrimony: Mine and House 6. Patrimony, Power, and Ideology 7. Veins of Value, Rocks of Renown: An Anthropology of Mined Substances 8. Mexican Languages of Patrimony: Land, Subsoil, "Culture" 9. Conclusion: Not Whose Alone? Appendix 1. Historical Silver Prices from 1975 to 2002 Appendix 2. Aspects of Mineral Production in the Santa Fe Cooperative Notes Works Cited Index
