A Land without Gods: Process Theory, Maldevelopment and the Mexican Nahuas

In the twentieth century, cattle-ranching and the development of the petro-chemical industry placed new demands on land, labour and local authority. A detailed history of the region provides the background from which the authors address key issues in Nahua society: power, wealth and land tenure; the...

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Published in:Journal of Latin American studies 1997, Vol.29 (1), p.267-268
Main Author: Brewster, Keith
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Animal husbandry
Business
Capitalism
Chemical industry
Class struggle
Cultural identity
Economic conditions
Ethnic identity
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Interpersonal relations
Land
Land tenure
Livestock
Mexico
Mythology
Nahua
Native rights
Petroleum
Politics
Reviews
Rural areas
Social conditions
Uto-Aztecan languages
Wealth
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Summary:In the twentieth century, cattle-ranching and the development of the petro-chemical industry placed new demands on land, labour and local authority. A detailed history of the region provides the background from which the authors address key issues in Nahua society: power, wealth and land tenure; the political, economic and social consequences of ranching and oil development; the clash between the demands of capitalism and a balanced ecology; kinship and mythology. [...]the manipulation of a shared ethnic identity to legitimise a cacique's authority is observed in Paul Friedrich's study of Primo Tapia (Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village, Chicago, 1977), and Frans Schyer's portrayal of Juvenicio Nochebuena (Ethnicity and Class Conflict in Rural Mexico, Princeton, 1990).
ISSN:0022-216X
1469-767X