Panajachel: A Guatemalan Town in Thirty-year Perspective

· Pitt Latin American Series Book 349 · University of Pittsburgh Pre
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Building on Sol Tax's pioneering work of the economic organization of Panajachel in the 1930s, Hinshaw describes this Guatemalan village and analyzes the differences among Indians in other villages responding to environmental, social, and economic changes in the next quarter century. This book offers a unique examination of belief patterns and social relations, and the continuity and change in the society's worldview.
Building on Sol Tax's pioneering work of the economic organization of Panajachel in the 1930s, Hinshaw describes this Guatemalan village and analyzes the differences among Indians in other villages responding to environmental, social, and economic changes in the next quarter century. This book of...

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Robert E. Hinshaw, formerly the president of Wilmington College in Ohio, served as chair of the Department of Anthopology at the University of Colorado, Denver.
Robert E. Hinshaw, formerly the president of Wilmington College in Ohio, served as chair of the Department of Anthopology at the University of Colorado, Denver.

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