The Legacy of Mesoamerica History and Culture of a Native American Civilization, 2nd Edition

342 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA governments not only opened up the Mexican economy to global competition, cul- minating in the 199 ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 343 abandoning the worn-out idea of “mestizaje” (racial and cultural mixing), r ...

344 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA Multiculturalism in Central America. Mobilization by Indians to improve their standing in society ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 345 Guatemala, including those in the rural communities whose particular langua ...

346 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA foreign intellectuals. Criticisms include the argument that the movement has po- larized the diver ...

347 Chapter 9 Transnationalism and the Political Economy of Mesoamerica A young Maya woman sits at a sewing machine by the open ...

348 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA native Mesoamericans are part of the global economy. The economy is defined here as all those aspe ...

CHAPTER 9 TRANSNATIONALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MESOAMERICA 349 Figure 9.1 A Kaqchikel Mayan farmer from Santa María de ...

350 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA oriented global and transnational form—Mesoamericans cling to this form of agri- cultural subsiste ...

CHAPTER 9 TRANSNATIONALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MESOAMERICA 351 neoliberal policies by Latin American governments. Altho ...

352 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA farms, they would call the person a campesino.Indeed, peasants may depend strongly on items produc ...

CHAPTER 9 TRANSNATIONALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MESOAMERICA 353 characterizes most Latin American cities, including thos ...

354 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA land is divided into thousands of very small plots, often smaller than five acres, which are owned ...

CHAPTER 9 TRANSNATIONALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MESOAMERICA 355 often demand the equal distribution of land and other re ...

356 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA Older people in Almolonga remember well the building of the Pan-American highway by Ubico in the 1 ...

CHAPTER 9 TRANSNATIONALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MESOAMERICA 357 In the process of exploring new markets and diversifying ...

358 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA Wage Labor Wage labor involves the payment to individuals of a wage in exchange for labor, so as t ...

CHAPTER 9 TRANSNATIONALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MESOAMERICA 359 Box 9.2 Working and Living Conditions on a Guatemalan Co ...

360 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA Box 9.3 Petty Commodity Production in the Tzeltal Mayan Township of Amatenango del Valle, Chiapas ...

CHAPTER 9 TRANSNATIONALISM AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MESOAMERICA 361 Of great interest to students of peasant societies is th ...