Globalization and the Rural Poor in Latin America / ed. by William M. Loker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barlett, Peggy F., Contributor.

Bort, John R., Contributor.

Dilly, Barbara J., Contributor.

Goldin, Liliana R., Contributor.

Guillet, David, Contributor.

Loker, William M., Contributor.

Loker, William M., Editor.

McDonald, James H., Contributor.

Orlove, Benjamin, Contributor.

Vargas, Manuel, Contributor.

Waterbury, Ronald, Contributor.

Young, Philip D., Contributor.

Series:

Directions in Applied Anthropology: Adaptations and Innovations Series

Directions in Applied Anthropology: Adaptations and Innovations

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Analyses and case studies demonstrate how rural Latin Americans have responded creatively to economc crisis.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Grit in the Prosperity Machine: Globalization and the Rural Poor in Latin America

2 Commercial Family Farmers and Collective Action: Dairy Farming Strategies in Mexico

3 "Lo Que Dice el Mercado": Development Without Developers in a Oaxacan Peasant Community

4 Rural Guatemala in Economic and Social Transition

5 Ngóbe Adaptive Responses to Globalization in Panama

6 Water Demand Management and Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems in the Colca Valley, Peru

7 Ecotourism and Cultural Preservation in the Guyanese Rain Forest

8 Global Space and Local Response: The Uses of Convite in the Dominican Deep South

9 Working in the Field: Perspectives on Globalization in Latin America

References

About the Contributors

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-919-4

OCLC:

1334343605