Book
Economics and society in Tlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Diskin, Martin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation deals with the theme of peasant economy in the central valley region of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, with particular emphasis on the town of Tlacolula--one of the largest secondary market towns in the valley market system. The author discusses the meaning and nature of peasant society as a preliminary background to the study and then presents a detailed description of the cyclical market system and its operation in southern Mexico. Peasant markets are examined for their functional roles as centers for the meeting of different social strata and goods and a tripartite scheme proposed involving village, town and city utilized by the author '...to organize the origin and destination of goods as well as to describe the distribution of economic roles and production specialities'. Peasant society, says Diskin in summary, because of its long history of contact with other segments of the society, participates in a number of social arrangements, generally sustained through some form of economic relationship. In the valley of Oaxaca, this relationship provides the rural agriculturists with the opportunity to view a much wider spectrum of society. From the information collected in the town of Tlacolula, there seem to be two distinct models available for social careers, one based on the urban sector of the society and the other on the village. The author notes that peasant life, when viewed within the context of a well-developed market system, shows a very real potential for smoothing the way to social change. The background data contained in the report were obtained from historical documents and supplemented with information obtained by the author, his wife, and several field assistants from direct observations and interviews in which questionnaires were administered orally to informants and their responses recorded. The author and his wife lived in Tlacolula for one year (November 1964-November 1965).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Internal trade
- Marketing
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zapotec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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.
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tlacolula, Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Martin Diskin
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1967
- UM67-17368
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zapotec Indians