A Pueblo divided : business, property, and community in Papantla, Mexico / Emilio Kourí.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Kourí, Emilio.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Land tenure--Mexico--Papantla de Olarte--History--19th century.
• Vanilla industry--Mexico--Papantla de Olarte--History--19th century.
• Vanilla industry.
• History.
• Land tenure.
• Papantla de Olarte (Mexico)--Economic conditions--19th century.
• Papantla de Olarte (Mexico)--Social conditions--19th century.
• Papantla de Olarte (Mexico)--History--19th century.
• Mexico--Papantla de Olarte.

Physical Description:

xiii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This book is a history of the conflict-ridden privatization of communal land in the "pueblo" of Papantla, a Mexican Indian village transformed by the fast growth of vanilla production and exports in the second half of the 19th century.

Contents:

• The culture and commerce of Mexico's vanilla
• The Tecolutla River Basin
• The vanilla economy
• The end of communal landholding
• The experience of Condueñazgo
• Division and rebellion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-372) and index.

ISBN:

0804739390

OCLC:

54479545