Mayordomo

Mayordomo
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Publisher : UNM Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0826314457
ISBN-13 : 9780826314451
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Mayordomo by : Stanley Crawford

This memoir of the author's experience as a mayordomo, or ditch boss, is the first record of the life of an acequia by a community participant.

A Dreamer for the People

A Dreamer for the People
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Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9780856685538
ISBN-13 : 0856685534
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis A Dreamer for the People by : Antonio Buero Vallejo

Buero Vallejo is Spain's most important living playwright. His profound, innovative theatre has earned him success and respect since 1949. Each new play has been an exciting experiment with dramatic form as well as a powerful expression of a tragic view of human life and Spanish society. A Dreamer for the People was first performed in 1958.

The Village Is Like a Wheel

The Village Is Like a Wheel
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9780816599387
ISBN-13 : 0816599386
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis The Village Is Like a Wheel by : Roger Magazine

In this modern-day anthropological manifesto, Roger Magazine proposes a radical but commonsense change to the study of people whose understanding of the world differs substantially from our own. Specifically, it argues for a major shift in the prevailing approach to the study of rural highland peoples in Mexico. Using ethnographic material, Roger Magazine builds a convincing case that many of the discipline’s usual topics and approaches distract anthropologists from what is truly important to the people whose lives they study. While Western anthropologists have usually focused on the production of things, such as community, social structure, cultural practices, identities, and material goods—since this is what they see as the appropriate objective of productive action in their own lives—residents of rural highland communities in Mexico (among others) are primarily concerned with what Magazine calls the production of active subjectivity in other persons. According to Magazine, where Western anthropologists often assume that persons are individuals capable of acting on their own to produce things, rural highland Mexicans see persons as inherently interdependent and in need of others even to act. He utilizes the term “active subjectivity” to denote the fact that what they produce in others is not simply action but also a subjective state or attitude of willingness to perform the action. The author’s goals are to improve understandings of rural highland Mexicans’ lives and to contribute to a broader disciplinary effort aimed at revealing the cultural specificity or ethnocentricity of our supposedly universally applicable concepts and theories.

Handbook of South American Indians

Handbook of South American Indians
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1278
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X001436992
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of South American Indians by : Julian Haynes Steward

Indian Society in the Valley of Lima, Peru, 1532-1824

Indian Society in the Valley of Lima, Peru, 1532-1824
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Publisher : University Press of America
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 0761820701
ISBN-13 : 9780761820703
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Indian Society in the Valley of Lima, Peru, 1532-1824 by : Paul Charney

Charney (whose credentials and affiliation are not stated) examines several aspects of the social history of Lima's Indians. Coverage includes the sustained indigenous presence throughout the colonial period; issues of Indian land tenure; the rise of the Indian leadership class made up of both commoners and nobility; the Indian cofradia as a crucial, ethnic-supporting mechanism; the survival of the Indian family, and its adaptation of certain Spanish practices (godparenthood, will-making, dowries). The author argues that despite their incorporation of aspects of Spanish culture, the Indians retained a clear sense of their distinct identity as a people. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Lecciones Cristianas libro del maestro trimestre de otono 2015

Lecciones Cristianas libro del maestro trimestre de otono 2015
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Publisher : Cokesbury
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9781501808487
ISBN-13 : 1501808486
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Lecciones Cristianas libro del maestro trimestre de otono 2015 by : Justo L. González

Lecciones Cristianas tiene como propósito ayudar a las personas adultas hispanas a crecer en su comprensión de la Biblia y relación de ésta con la vida. Lecciones Cristianas sigue la serie de las Lecciones Bíblicas Internacionales. Está escrito especialmente para las iglesias de habla hispana. También hay un Libro del Maestro que provee sugerencias importantes para la enseñanza de cada lección, preguntas para discutir y actividades para la clase. Lecciones Cristianas helps Hispanic adults grow in their knowledge of the Bible and how it relates to their lives. Lecciones Cristianas follows the International Lesson Series. The content of this excellent study is biblical and it is written especially for Spanish-speaking churches. The teacher book provides valuable suggestions for teaching the class, discussion questions, and class activities.

California Pastoral. 1769-1848

California Pastoral. 1769-1848
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 828
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044058262783
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Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis California Pastoral. 1769-1848 by : Hubert Howe Bancroft

A Legacy of Promises

A Legacy of Promises
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 0719007666
ISBN-13 : 9780719007668
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis A Legacy of Promises by : Guillermo de la Peña

Las Acequias Del Norte

Las Acequias Del Norte
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 106
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105020014358
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Las Acequias Del Norte by : Phil Lovato