Sociopolitical Aspects of Canal Irrigation in the Valley of Oaxaca

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Contents Tables Maps Figures Plates Acknowledgments Introduction Area of Investigation Method of Investigation I. Community Organization Introduction The Village Historical Background The Civil-Religious Hierarchy and the Cargo System Economic Organization: Land and Wealth Economic Organization: Exchange and Cooperation Economic Organization: Community Cooperation The Village and the State Political Units Village Government The Village and the State II. Problems of Water Control and Their Solutions Introduction: Problems Construction Maintenance Allocation Conflict over Water Change III. Political Control and Access to Water Introduction Tlalixtac de Cabrera San Juan del Estado San Agustin Etla Summary and Conclusions IV. The Roles of the Village and the State in Water Control Introduction Intra-Village and Inter-Village Water Control The Village and the State Change in Water Control Organization and the State Summary and Conclusions V. The Role of Water Control in Oaxaca's History Introduction Origins Post-Classic History Colonial Period Post-Colonial, Pre-Revolutionary History Since the Revolution Summary and Conclusions VI. Oaxacan Irrigation Compared with Other Reigions Introduction Social Change Variation According to Resource Type Cooperative Labor Water Distribution Disputes Village-State Relations and Water Control Summary and Conclusions VII. General Conclusions Oaxaca as a Case Study Environment Technology Allocation Social Change, the State, and Water Control Mass Labor and Allocation in Oaxaca Mass Labor Allocation Environment, Technology, Adaptation, and Evolution Variation in Response and the Nature of the Resource Environment and Technology The Origins of Statehood Resumen en Espanol References