Strength from the Waters : A History of Indigenous Mobilization in Northwest Mexico /

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"Strength from the Waters is an environmental and social history that frames economic development, environmental concerns, and Indigenous mobilization within the context of a timeless issue: access to water. Between 1927 and 1970 the Mayo people-an Indigenous group in northwestern Mexico-confro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mestaz, James V. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Water rights.
Water resources development.
Mayo Indians > Religion.
Irrigation.
NATURE / Natural Resources.
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico.
Mayo (Indiens) > Religion.
Mayo (Indiens) > Conditions economiques.
Fuerte River (Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Irrigation > Mexico > Fuerte River Region.
Water rights > Mexico > Fuerte River Region.
Water resources development > Mexco > Fuerte River Region.
Mayo Indians > Politics and government.
Mayo Indians > Economic conditions.
Mexico > Fuerte River Valley.
Fuerte River Valley (Mexico) > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Their technology, our way : Los Goros and Fuerte River infrastructure, 1927 to 1942
  • Sweetness and water power : The SICAE Sugarcane Cooperative and Mayo struggles for water, 1944 to 1958
  • When the state fails the gods remain : independent Mayo water control strategies, 1944 to 1957
  • The inward turn : Mayo hydraulic labor, millenarian movements, and changing rituals, 1947 to 1963
  • From our river to theirs : the effects of hydraulic development, 1955 to 1970
  • Epilogue : Remaining strong.

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