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Notes on the Popoluca of VeracruzBook 1940 • Foster, George M. (George McClelland)
Popoluca • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This work sketches the main features of Popoluca culture, framed by the theory that the outwardly simple economic life of villagers can be explained by applying concepts used to understand mar...The geographical, linguistic, and cultural position of the Popoluca of Veracruzarticle 1943 • Foster, George M. (George McClelland)
Popoluca • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This study seeks to delimit the geographic, linguistic and cultural position of the Popoluca in relation to neighboring ethnic groups. While primarily drawing on new data and oral information ...Sierra Popoluca folklore and beliefsBook 1945 • Foster, George M. (George McClelland)
Popoluca • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This is a collection of stories collected through interviews with five informants. Analysis suggests that for the most part Popoluca folklore is of New World origin....A primitive Mexican economyBook 1942 • Foster, George M. (George McClelland)
Popoluca • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
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 o...Empire's childrenBook 1948 • Foster, George M. (George McClelland) & Ospina, Gabriel
Tarascans • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
In this classic ethnography of the predominantly mestizo town of Tzintzuntzan and its environs, most of the material is based on fieldwork conducted among mestizo families in the town. However...