Back to the Future: The Autonomous Indigenous Communities of Petén, Guatemala
James C. Scott’s (1976) classic work on the Chayanovian logics of peasant economy argued that less important than the amount taken was how little might be left. A similar awareness about the paucity of the “leftovers” (li xeel, in Q’eqchi’ Mayan) has inspired a peasant federation in northern Guatema...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá)
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/antipoda40.2020.05 |