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Community in transitionBook 1966 • Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon)
Quito Quichua • South America > Central Andes
This monograph, based on a field study made in Nayón, a Quichua-speaking Ecuadorian village located in Quito municipio, Pichincha province, is basically an ethnographic community study, with emphasis on the indigenous economy in terms of its relation...Acculturation, economics, and social change in an Ecuadorean villageessay 1952 • Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon)
Quito Quichua • South America > Central Andes
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 ...A Lacustrine economy in Californiaessay 1958 • Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon) & Hester, Joseph A.
Yokuts • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This is a study in the ecology of the Tachi Yokuts north and west of Tulare Lake, whose culture was significantly influenced by the immediate lake and desert environment. The authors give a brief but adequate description of this environment, indicate...