Global Maya : work and ideology in rural Guatemala / Liliana R. Goldín.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldin, Liliana R.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Guatemala--Economic conditions.

Mayas.

Rural conditions.

Economic conditions.

Guatemala--Economic conditions--1985-.

Guatemala.

Guatemala--Rural conditions.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Guatemala.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

x, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2009]

Language Note:

Text in English; one appendix in Spanish.

Contents:

Global highlands : in context, in theory, and in practice

Economic ideology in culture : oral tradition

Economic ideology in petty industrial production : tailors of San Francisco el Alto

Economic ideology in petty commodity agricultural production : gardeners of San Pedro Almolonga

Economic ideology in the production of nontraditional agricultural export crops

Economic ideology in industrial wage labor : from land to factory

It takes work to shape our thinking : global Guatemala in local terms

Appendix A. A complete transcription of three examples of oral tradition

Appendix B. A summary of the San Francisco el Alto case studies

Appendix C. Selected items from survey research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-238) and index.

ISBN:

9780816526888

0816526885

OCLC:

227015884