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Review Of: Enduring Violence: Ladina Women's Lives In Guatemala, David Carey
Review Of: Enduring Violence: Ladina Women's Lives In Guatemala, David Carey
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Review Of: Ethan Anthony, The Architecture Of Ralph Adams Cram And His Office, Libby Macdonald Bischof
Review Of: Ethan Anthony, The Architecture Of Ralph Adams Cram And His Office, Libby Macdonald Bischof
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Guatemala's Green Revolution: Synthetic Fertilizer, Public Health, And Economic Autonomy In The Mayan Highland, David Carey
Guatemala's Green Revolution: Synthetic Fertilizer, Public Health, And Economic Autonomy In The Mayan Highland, David Carey
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Despite extensive literature both supporting and critiquing the Green Revolution, surprisingly little attention has been paid to synthetic fertilizers' health and environmental effects or indigenous farmers' perspectives. The introduction of agrochemicals in the mid-twentieth century was a watershed event for many Mayan farmers in Guatemala. While some Maya hailed synthetic fertilizers' immediate effectiveness as a relief from famines and migrant labor, others lamented the long-term deterioration of their public health, soil quality, and economic autonomy. Since the rising cost of agrochemicals compelled Maya to return to plantation labor in the 1970s, synthetic fertilizers simply shifted, rather than alleviated, Mayan dependency …
"Hard Working, Orderly Little Women": Mayan Vendors And Marketplace Struggles In Early Twentieth - Century Guatemala, David Carey
"Hard Working, Orderly Little Women": Mayan Vendors And Marketplace Struggles In Early Twentieth - Century Guatemala, David Carey
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During the first half of the twentieth century, Guatemala was dominated
by two of Latin America’s most repressive regimes: first that of Manuel Estrada
Cabrera (1898–1920) and then that of General Jorge Ubico (1931–44). Though
the marketplace was one venue through which these dictators sought to impose
their modernization programs of progress and order, criminal records abound with Mayan women disobeying market regulations and more generally disrupting the peace. Beyond putting the women’s livelihoods at stake, these conflicts were also struggles over ethnic, gender, and state power. As such, marketplaces were critical both to elite efforts to mold the economy, …
Review Of: Oral History Interview With Robert G. Stanton, Polly Welts Kaufman
Review Of: Oral History Interview With Robert G. Stanton, Polly Welts Kaufman
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The article evaluates the web page www.nps.gov/history that contains "Oral History Interview with Robert G. Stanton," conducted by Janet A. McDonnell
Review Of: Mayan Visions: The Quest For Autonomy In An Age Of Globalization, David Carey
Review Of: Mayan Visions: The Quest For Autonomy In An Age Of Globalization, David Carey
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A Decade Of Considerable Significance - Late-Ming Factionalism In The Making, 1583-1593, Jie Zhao
A Decade Of Considerable Significance - Late-Ming Factionalism In The Making, 1583-1593, Jie Zhao
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Ties That Bind - The Craft Of Political Networking In Late Ming Chiang-Nan, Jie Zhao
Ties That Bind - The Craft Of Political Networking In Late Ming Chiang-Nan, Jie Zhao
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