Not Ours Alone

Not Ours Alone Patrimony, Value, and Collectivity in Contemporary Mexico

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Publisher's Synopsis

Elizabeth Ferry explores how members of the Santa Fe Cooperative, a silver mine in Mexico, give meaning to their labor in an era of rampant globalization. She analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio (patrimony) in their understanding of work, tradition, and community. More specifically, she argues that patrimonio, a belief that certain resources are inalienable possessions of a local collective passed down to subsequent generations, has shaped and sustained the cooperative's sense of identity.

Book information

ISBN: 9780231132398
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 334.68223423097241
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 400g
Height: 226mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 16mm