Markets in Oaxaca

Scott Cook; Martin Diskin

Published by University of Texas Press 1976

Markets in Oaxaca

Scott Cook and Martin Diskin
With contributions by: Sidney W. Mintz

https://doi.org/10.7560/750142

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Markets in Oaxaca is a study of the regional peasant marketing system in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. It relates the marketing system to other aspects of the regional economy, to neighboring regions, and to the Mexican national economy. Combining ethnographic, theoretical, and regional analyses, it suggests new directions in the fields of peasant and development studies.

Contributors to the volume describe the operation and nature of several marketplaces in the region, analyze village-based artisan production and various specialized economic roles (particularly the role of traders), and describe the operation of several total regional marketing systems. The editors then consider their findings against the background of political, economic, and social structures from the pre-Conquest period to the present. In their conclusion, the editors find the regional peasant economy to be responsive both to the influence of the urban metropolitan sector, on the one hand, and to its own indigenous structural integrity and internal dynamism, on the other.

In addition to the editors, the contributors to Markets in Oaxaca are Ralph L. Beals, Richard L. Berg Jr., Beverly Chiñas, Herbert M. Eder, Charlotte Stolmaker, Carole Turkenik, John C. Warner, Ronald Waterbury, and Cecil R. Welte. Their essays combine analyses of the elements of the system within a comprehensive theoretical framework. Together, they present a complete and integrated view of a peasant economy.

Author / Editor information

Scott Cook is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Martin Diskin (1935–1997) was Professor of Anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Note to the reader Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Foreword Sidney W. Mintz Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
PART ONE Introduction
1. The Peasant Market Economy of the Valley of Oaxaca in Analysis and History Scott Cook and Martin Diskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Oaxaca Market Study Project: Origins, Scope, and Preliminary Findings Ralph L. Beals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
PART TWO The Valley System and Related Regional Systems
3. The Structure of a Peasant Market System in Oaxaca Martin Diskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4. Markets as Mirrors: Reflectors of the Economic Activity and the Regional Culture of Coastal Oaxaca Herbert M. Eder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
5. The Zoogocho Plaza System in the Sierra Zapoteca of Villa Alta Richard L. Berg Jr. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6. Survey of the Market System in the Nochixtlán Valley and the Mixteca Alta John C. Warner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
PART THREE Producers and Marketers: Case Studies
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
7. The "Market" as Location and Transaction: Dimensions of Marketing in a Zapotec Stoneworking Industry Scott Cook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
8. Zapotec Viajeras Beverly Chiñas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
9. Examples of Stability and Change from Santa María Atzompa Charlotte Stolmaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
10. The Marketplace Traders of San Antonino: A Quantitative Analysis Ronald Waterbury and Carole Turkenik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
PART FOUR Problems in Retrospect and Prospect
11. A Historical-Ecological Approach to the Study of the Oaxaca Plaza System Martin Diskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
12. A Concluding Critical Look at Issues of Theory and Method in Oaxaca Market Studies Scott Cook and Martin Diskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
APPENDIX Maps and Demographic Tables
Cecil R. Welte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Table A-1. State of Oaxaca: Population by Districts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Table A-2. Municipios within Which Plazas of the Market Studies Are Located Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Map A-1. State of Oaxaca and Surroundings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
Map A-2. The Central Valleys of Oaxaca Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
References Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Copyright year: 1976
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 350

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Published: December 15, 2014
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