Land, Livelihood, and Civility in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca Valley Communities in History

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Land, Livelihood, and Civility in Southern Mexico joe r. and teresa lozano long series in latin american and latino art and culture Land, Livelihood, and Civility in Southern Mexico Oaxaca Valley Communities in History Scott Cook universiTy of Texas Press, ausTin Copyright © 2014 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2014 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/rp-form ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cook, Scott, 1937– Land, livelihood, and civility in southern Mexico : Oaxaca valley communities in history / by Scott Cook. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-75476-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Zapotec Indians—Industries—Mexico—Oaxaca Valley. 2. Zapotec Indians—Land tenure—Mexico—Oaxaca Valley. 3. Zapotec Indians—Mexico—Oaxaca Valley—Social conditions. 4. Haciendas—Mexico—Oaxaca Valley—History. 5. Metate industry—Mexico—Oaxaca Valley—History. 6. Brickmaking— Mexico—Oaxaca Valley—History. 7. Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)— Race relations. 8. Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)—Economic conditions. 9. Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)—Social conditions. I. Title. F1221.Z3C57 2014 305.800972'74—dc23 2013023358 doi:10.7560/754768 In memory of an unforgettable friend and colleague, Cecil R. Welte, for his wise and informed counsel over the years; for his generosity in providing space in his Oficina de Estudios de Humanidad del Valle de Oaxaca during 1966–1968; for his lasting contribution to the people of San Sebastián Teitipac by surveying and mapping their village lands and their disputed boundaries with ten contiguous settlements in a grueling week-long trek in hostile terrain; and for his contribution to the historical, demographic, cartographic, and anthropological understanding of Oaxaca THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...