Author: Robert H. SchmidtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Geographical Survey of Sinaloa
Author: Robert H. SchmidtU.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: Lives of Dust and Water
Author: María Luz Cruz-TorresPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816547807
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
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. María 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 impediments with 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 resistance, Lives of Dust and Water offers an important look at a little-studied but dynamically developing region of Mexico. It contributes to a more precise understanding of how rural coastal communities in Mexico emerged and continue to develop and adjust to the uncertainties of the globalizing world.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1686
Book Description
Natural Resources And Development In Arid Regions
Author: Enrique Campos-LopezPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429725078
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.
In Search of Our Frontier
Author: Eiichiro AzumaPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520973070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In Search of Our Frontier explores the complex transnational history of Japanese immigrant settler colonialism, which linked Japanese America with Japan’s colonial empire through the exchange of migrant bodies, expansionist ideas, colonial expertise, and capital in the Asia-Pacific basin before World War II. The trajectories of Japanese transpacific migrants exemplified a prevalent national structure of thought and practice that not only functioned to shore up the backbone of Japan’s empire building but also promoted the borderless quest for Japanese overseas development. Eiichiro Azuma offers new interpretive perspectives that will allow readers to understand Japanese settler colonialism’s capacity to operate outside the aegis of the home empire.
Geological Survey Circular
Author: Southwestern Studies
Author: Bulletin of the American Geographical Society
Author: American Geographical Society of New YorkPublisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Map Of Sinaloa, With Statistical And Geological Notes
Author: Frederick G WeidnerPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020548079
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Map of Sinaloa with Statistical and Geological Notes is a detailed map of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, accompanied by extensive geological and statistical data. Compiled by Frederick G. Weidner, a noted geologist and cartographer, this map provides a wealth of information about the topography, geology, and mineral resources of this important region. Students of geography, geology, and history will find much of value in this fascinating volume. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.