1. The Peasant Market Economy of the Valley of Oaxaca in Analysis and History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS viii
3. Note to the reader x
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xvii
6. Acknowledgments xix
7. PART ONE Introduction
8. 1. The Peasant Market Economy of the Valley of Oaxaca in Analysis and History 1
9. The Oaxaca Market Study Project: Origins, Scope, and Preliminary Findings 27
10. PART TWO The Valley System and Related Regional Systems
11. 3. The Structure of a Peasant Market System in Oaxaca 45
12. 4. Markets as Mirrors: Reflectors of the Economic Activity and the Regional Culture of Coastal Oaxaca 67
13. 5. The Zoogocho Plaza System in the Sierra Zapoteca of Villa Alta 81
14. 6. Survey of the Market System in the Nochixtlán Valley and the Mixteca Alta 107
15. PART THREE Producers and Marketers: Case Studies
16. Introduction 133
17. 7. The "Market" as Location and Transaction: Dimensions of Marketing in a Zapotec Stoneworking Industry 139
18. 8. Zapotec Viajeras 169
19. 9. Examples of Stability and Change from Santa María Atzompa 189
20. 10. The Marketplace Traders of San Antonino: A Quantitative Analysis 209
21. PART FOUR Problems in Retrospect and Prospect
22. 11. A Historical-Ecological Approach to the Study of the Oaxaca Plaza System 231
23. 12. A Concluding Critical Look at Issues of Theory and Method in Oaxaca Market Studies 247
24. APPENDIX Maps and Demographic Tables
25. Cecil R. Welte 281
26. Table A-1. State of Oaxaca: Population by Districts 287
27. Table A-2. Municipios within Which Plazas of the Market Studies Are Located 288
28. Map A-1. State of Oaxaca and Surroundings 290
29. Map A-2. The Central Valleys of Oaxaca 292
30. Glossary 295
31. Notes 299
32. References Cited 307
33. Index 321