1st Edition
Ethnicity, Class, and the Indigenous Struggle for Land in Guerrero, Mexico
By Norberto Valdez
Copyright 1998
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study focuses on Amuzgo Indian communities of the Costa Chica of Guerrero state in Mexico in order to analyze the indigenous struggle for land and its relationship to ethnic identity and culture. Primary archival data and field research reveal a historical profile of this multi-ethnic region with a long and fascinating history of resistance to non-Indian control of communal lands and labor.... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgments, List of Illustrations, Glossary, List of Acronyms, 1 Representation and Indigenous Communities, 2 The Amuzgos of the Costa Chica, 3 Amuzgo Communities, the State, and The Revolution, 4 Agrarismo and the Quest For Land in the Post-Revolutionary Period, 5 Defense of Community, 6 Land Divisions and Family Fissions, 7 Land Insecurity and Family Relations, 8 Re-visioning Indigenous Communities, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Norberto Valdez
