FROM PEASANTRY TO PROLETARIAT: THE RURAL PROLETARIAT IN THE HENEQUENERA REGION OF YUCATAN, MEXICO.
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Title
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FROM PEASANTRY TO PROLETARIAT: THE RURAL PROLETARIAT IN THE HENEQUENERA REGION OF YUCATAN, MEXICO.
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Identifier
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AAI8212202
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identifier
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8212202
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Creator
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LABRECQUE, MARIE-FRANCE.
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Contributor
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Eric Wolf | Jane Schneider
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Date
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1982
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Anthropology, Cultural
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Abstract
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The subject of this thesis is the contemporary rural proletariat in the henequenera region of the state of Yucatan, Mexico. Virtually ignored by Redfield in his elaboration of the folk-urban continuum, the rural proletariat in the henequenera region holds great importance in terms of its age, number and its contributions to the economic life of Yucatan as a whole.;Through a study of economic production in two villages of this region, Temax and Sinanche, the thesis seeks to identify the social classes represented in the agrarian sector in light of an historical materialist approach and particularly the concept of class struggle. Given that the rural proletariat is often confused with the peasantry with whom it shares common roots, it was necessary to examine the theoretical status of the rural proletariat within the framework of peasant studies in anthropology before proceeding to the case study. A critical re-evaluation of these studies shows that the status of the rural proletariat cannot be understood outside of the development of capitalism. Hence the importance given in the study to historical factors in general and the development of capitalism in particular and to the genesis of the Yucatecan rural proletariat.;Finally, a case study based on the period 1973 and 1974 examines the concrete conditions of production in which rural proletarians are implicated. It is shown that capitalism develops out of and on the basis of agriculture and that this process rests upon a continual revolution of the productive forces. Currently this process involves a polarization of social classes in the countryside and a deterioration of the conditions of economic reproduction of the rural proletariat.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Anthropology
