Globalization and the Rural Poor in Latin America / / ed. by William M. Loker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Barlett, Peggy F.,; Bort, John R.,; Dilly, Barbara J.,; Goldin, Liliana R.,; Guillet, David,; Loker, William M.,; McDonald, James H.,; Orlove, Benjamin,; Vargas, Manuel,; Waterbury, Ronald,; Young, Philip D.,
• HerausgeberIn: Loker, William M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Directions in Applied Anthropology: Adaptations and Innovations
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

Analyses and case studies demonstrate how rural Latin Americans have responded creatively to economc crisis.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Grit in the Prosperity Machine: Globalization and the Rural Poor in Latin America
• 2 Commercial Family Farmers and Collective Action: Dairy Farming Strategies in Mexico
• 3 "Lo Que Dice el Mercado": Development Without Developers in a Oaxacan Peasant Community
• 4 Rural Guatemala in Economic and Social Transition
• 5 Ngóbe Adaptive Responses to Globalization in Panama
• 6 Water Demand Management and Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems in the Colca Valley, Peru
• 7 Ecotourism and Cultural Preservation in the Guyanese Rain Forest
• 8 Global Space and Local Response: The Uses of Convite in the Dominican Deep South
• 9 Working in the Field: Perspectives on Globalization in Latin America
• References
• About the Contributors
• Index
• About the Book