Voices from the Global Margin
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William P. Mitchell
About this book
2007 — LASA Peru Flora Tristán Book Prize from the Peru Section – Latin American Studies Association
Voices from the Global Margin looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. In this highly readable ethnography, William Mitchell draws on the narratives of people he has known for forty years, offering deep insight into how they have coped with extreme poverty and rapid population growth—and their creation of new lives and customs in the process. In their own passionate words they describe their struggles to make ends meet, many abandoning rural homes for marginal wages in Lima and the United States. They chronicle their terror during the Shining Path guerrilla war and the government's violent military response. Mitchell's long experience as an anthropologist living with the people he writes about allows him to put the stories in context, helping readers understand the impact of the larger world on individuals and their communities. His book reckons up the human costs of the global economy, urging us to work toward a more just world.
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William P. Mitchell is Professor of Anthropology and Freed Professor in the Social Sciences at Monmouth University in New Jersey.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: A PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL ODYSSEY
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ONE Pablo and Claudia PEASANT FARMING
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TWO Horacio and Benjamina GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CLASS
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THREE Horacio and Benjamina CONFRONTING VILLAGE POVERTY
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FOUR Martín CONFRONTING MIGRANT POVERTY
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FIVE Valentina FROM BRIDE BY CAPTURE TO INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
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SIX Triga GUERRILLA WAR, COCAINE, AND COMMERCE
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SEVEN El Comandante Tigre THE PEASANT PATROLS AND WAR
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EIGHT Anastasio FLEEING SHINING PATH
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NINE At the Margin of the Shifting World
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Notes
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Index
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