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The Keepers of Water and Earth : Mexican Rural Social Organization and Irrigation /

Agrarian reforms transformed the Mexican countryside in the late twentieth century but without, in many cases, altering fundamental power relationships. This study of the Tehuacán Valley in the state of Puebla highlights different strategies to manipulate the local implementation of federal governme...

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Autores principales: Enge, Kjell I. (Autor), Whiteford, Scott (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • 1. MEXICAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND IRRIGATION
  • 2. THE TEHUACAN VALLEY
  • 3. THE PRE-CONQUEST DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
  • 4. POST-CONQUEST CONFLICT OVER LAND AND WATER. WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH LUIS EMILIO HENAO
  • 5. COOPERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION
  • 6. ELITES AND IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT
  • 7. "WE ARE ALL CAMPESINOS": THE CONTRADICTIONS OF GROWTH
  • 8. CONCLUSIONS: THE STATE VERSUS LOCAL INTERESTS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX