Tepoztlan
Book 1930 • Redfield, Robert

Nahua • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
Considered a model and landmark at the time of its publication, this work by a leading American anthropologist at the beginning of his career has since become a standard reference in the field of anthropological community studies. Its scope is the cu...

A village that chose progress
Book 1962 • Redfield, Robert

Maya (Yucatán Peninsula) • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is a study of cultural change in Chang Kom during the seventeen years following Redfield's initial investigation (see 2:Redfield and Villa Rojas, this file). It is a biography of a community united by the common purpose of obtaining the benefits...

The folk culture of Yucatan
Book 1959 • Redfield, Robert

Maya (Yucatán Peninsula) • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is an excellent comparative study of four Mayan communities:Yucatan's largest city and port, Merida, the market town of Dzitas, the village of Chan Kom, and the isolated village of Tusik in the state of Quintana Roo. Redfield insightfully examin...

Notes on the ethnography of Tzeltal communities of Chiapas
Book 1939 • Redfield, Robert & Villa Rojas, Alfonso

Tzeltal • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is an account of Tzeltal communities dealing specifically with community structure, political organization, economics, and religious festivals. The source was written on the basis of Villa Rojas's 34 day fieldwork and further supplemented by bot...

Chan Kom
Book 1962 • Redfield, Robert & Villa Rojas, Alfonso

Maya (Yucatán Peninsula) • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is an intensive study of the folk culture of the village of Chan Kom, located in the north central part of the Yucatan peninsula. The basic presentation is in twelve chapters concentrating successively on the village and its setting; history; to...