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Limited good or limited goods?: response to economic opportunity in a Tarascan pueblo
American anthropologist • 74 (5) • Published In 1972 • Pages: 1152-1169
By: Acheson, James M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article critiques the theory of the "limited good" that was a psychological explanation for the lack of development and capital accumulation in the region. The rapid growth of a woodworking industry in the community the author studied demonstrates that local people do respond to economic opportunities and have the capacity to change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Woodworking
- Industrial machinery
- Borrowing and lending
- Production and supply
- Labor supply and employment
- Individual enterprise
- Status, role, and prestige
- Visiting and hospitality
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tarascans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2024
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2023
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1967, 1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cuanajo, Pátzcuaro Municipality, Michoacán, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- James M. Acheson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 1168-1169)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarasco Indians