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conTenTs List of Maps and Tables, ix Preface, xi Acknowledgments, xvii Introduction, 1 chaPTer one The Teitipac Communities: Peasant-Artisans on the Hacienda’s Periphery 23 chaPTer Two Hacienda San Antonio Buenavista from Two Perspectives: Hacendado and Terrazguero 41 chaPTer Three San Juan Teitipac: Metateros Here and There 64 chaPTer four San Sebastián Teitipac: Metateros and Civility 88 chaPTer five San Lorenzo Albarradas, Xaagá, and the Hacienda Regime 123 chaPTer six “Castellanos” as Plaiters and Weavers: San Lorenzo Albarradas and Xaagá 138 chaPTer seven The Jalieza Communities: Peasant-Artisans with Mixed Crafts 163 chaPTer eighT Santa Cecilia Jalieza: Defending Homeland in Hostile Surroundings 190 chaPTer nine Magdalena Ocotlán: From Terrazgueros to Artisanal Ejidatarios 214 chaPTer Ten Magdalena’s Metateros: Servants of the Saints and the Market 246 chaPTer eLeven Conclusion 277 Photo Essay, 297 Glossary, 319 Notes, 327 Bibliography, 359 Index, 371 viii conTenTs ...

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