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Acculturation, economics, and social change in an Ecuadorean village

Acculturation in the AmericasChicagoPublished In 1952 • Pages: 67-73, 329-339

By: Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is a "limited and partial" examination of some facets of the changes in economic and social structure affecting the parroqíía of Nayón, a small settlement near Quito in the province of Pichincha. The author finds urbanization to be a more significant process of change in Nayón than [i]mestizaje[/i].
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Urban and rural life
Real property
Production and supply
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Quito Quichua
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Andes
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
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
David Sherwood ; 1983
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1949
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
early twentieth century
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Nayón village in Quito municipio, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
NotesAdditional notes
Ralph L. Beals
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-339)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
67018218
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Quechua Indians