Book
A primitive Mexican economy
J.J. Augustin • New York • Published In 1942 • Pages: vii, 115
By: Foster, George M. (George McClelland).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this description of the traditional Popoluca farm economy the central argument is that the underlying principles of Popoluca subsistence economy are comparable to those governing patterns of production, distribution, consumption and wealth accumulation in more modern, market-driven economies. Drawing this parallel requires a descriptive exposition of household decisions in the context of a range of locally-important structural processes and life events. In the case of Popoluca villages, the most important factor involves the consumption and distribution of goods that occurs during marriages, funerals, magical practices, and religious celebrations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Vegetable production
- Arboriculture
- Real property
- Settlement patterns
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Diet
- External relations
- Theory of disease
- Magic
- Sorcery
- Magicians and diviners
- Special crops
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Dwellings
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender status
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Popoluca
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1940-1941
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940-1941
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Municipality of Soteapan, Veracruz, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- George M. Foster
- Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California
- At head of title:…George M. Foster. "Centennial anniversary publication, the American ethnological society, 1842-1942."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-115)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 43003896
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Popoluca Indians