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Hacienda and plantation in Yucatan: an historical-ecological consideration of the folk-urban continuum in Yucatan
América indígena • 25 • Published In 1965 • Pages: 35-63
By: Strickon, Arnold.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this paper is to look at the four communities studied by Redfield (Merida, Dzitas, Chan Kom and Tusik) in historical and ecological perspective. The author concludes that the henequen estates of Redfield's time were critical to an understanding of Yucatecan culture as Redfield saw it. In fact the whole development of Yucatecan culture since the contact period has been tied to the agricultural estate in one of its forms. This article begins with a critique of Redfield's folk-urban continuum as an historical model specific to Yucatan, followed by a brief outline of the environment of Yucatan, then a discussion of the 'ecomienda' period, the cattle hacienda, the sugar plantation and the War of the Castes, the henequen plantation, and the emergence of the distribution of cultures as reported by Redfield. This source is important as it presents the historical background for the development of local differences among the Maya and thus provides a framework for the individual communities discussed in other sources.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Labor relations
- Revolution
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maya (Yucatán Peninsula)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- Maya Area
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Steffens ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- early nineteenth - mid twentieth centuries
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- communities of Merida, Dzitas, Chan Kom and Tusik, Yucatan, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arnold Strickon
- Information on the estate system in Yucatan (haciendas and plantations) has been indexed for Acculturation and Culture Change (177) and Labor Relations (466) since the emphasis here is on its effect on Maya culture through recruitment of labor and the Maya's place as a laborer in the total system.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 44038531
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas