Global Maya : Work and Ideology in Rural Guatemala / / Liliana R. Goldín

• Autore: Goldin Liliana R
• Pubblicazione: Tucson, Ariz. : , : University of Arizona Press, , 2009; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2013; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3/42072818
• Soggetto topico: Globalization - Economic aspects - Guatemala; Agriculture - Economic aspects - Guatemala; Mayas - Guatemala - Economic conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Guatemala Rural conditions; Guatemala Economic conditions 1985-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Global highlands : in context, in theory, and in practice -- Economic ideology in culture : oral tradition -- Economic ideology in petty industrial production : tailors of San Francisco el Alto -- Economic ideology in petty commodity agricultural production : gardeners of San Pedro Almolonga -- Economic ideology in the production of nontraditional agricultural export crops -- Economic ideology in industrial wage labor : from land to factory -- It takes work to shape our thinking : global Guatemala in local terms.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the central highland Maya communities of Guatemala, the demands of the global economy have become a way of life. This book explores how rural peoples experience economic and cultural change as their country joins the global market, focusing on their thoughts about work and sustenance as a way of learning about Guatemala's changing economy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Global Maya
• ISBN: 1-299-19168-1; 0-8165-0117-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452024503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: UPCC book collections on Project Muse.