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Along the coast of northwestern Mexico, "pink gold" may mean wealth for some, but the new global economy has imposed terrible burdens on many sectors of the population. State and regional economic development policies have supported the use of natural resources for commercial export, resulting in the rapid growth of agriculture and shrimp aquaculture. Environmental pressures have contributed to the degradation of marine ecosystems, and once self-reliant rural populations have been driven to wage and subsistence labor in order to survive. This book eloquently explains how contemporary rural communities in southern Sinaloa have responded to economic and ecological changes affecting the entire nation. A political ecology of human survival in one of the most important ecological regions of Mexico, it describes how these communities contest environmental degradation and economic impoverishment arising from political and economic forces beyond their control. Maria Luz Cruz-Torres evokes the rich and varied experiences of the people who live in the villages of Celaya and El Cerro, showing how they invent and utilize their own social capital to emerge as whole persons in the face of globalization. She traces the histories of the two villages to illustrate the complex variation involved in community formation and to show how people respond to and utilize Mexican law and reform. Surrounded by limited resources, poverty, illness, sudden death, and daily oppression, these men and women create innovative social and cultural forms that mitigate these impacts. Cruz-Torres reveals not only how they manage to survive in the midst of horrendous circumstances but also how they transcend those impedimentswith dignity. She details the participation of household members in the subsistence, formal, and informal sectors of the economy, and how women use a variety of resources to guarantee their families' survival. A sometimes tragic but ultimately vibrant story of human resista

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Plný název: LIVES OF DUST AND WATER
• Autor: Maria Luz Cruz-Torres
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 325
• EAN: 9780816523887
• ISBN: 9780816523887
• ID: 06350041
• Nakladatelství: University of Arizona Press
• Hmotnost: 630 g
• Rozměry: 242 × 163 × 27 mm
• Datum vydání: 01. November 2004

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