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This book is the product of a long, manifold involvement with life in Bolivia in general and productive processes in particular. It conveys a sense of the myriad decisions that Bolivian small-scale producers have to make in the extraordinarily fluid situations they must cope with.

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This analysis of the privatization of agriculture in eastern Germany captures the turbulent times after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent reunification of the two Germanies. Based in large part on oral histories provided by cooperative managers, newly independent family farmers, and westerners who established farms in the east, the authors examine the competitive struggle involved in the transformation from communism to ca...

Frontmatter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- PART ONE : PROCESSES AND CONTENTS OF FIESTA COMMUNICATION -- 1. The Problem -- 2. The Setting -- PART TWO: THE STRUCTURE OF FIESTAS -- 3. Cyclical Fiestas -- 4. Compi Life-Crisis Fiestas -- 5. Town and City Fiestas -- PART THREE: RITUAL PARTICIPATION -- 6. Ritual Costs -- 7. Ritual Participation in Compi -- 8. The Limits of Participation -- 9. Ritual Participation in Cantón Fiestas -- ...

The captivating oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman struggling to survive in the city of La Paz.

Examines the privatization of agriculture in eastern Germany since 1989.

Although studies have been made of individual aspects of the problem, this volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of both the theoretical issues and the scope and variety of present-day migratory movements in Europe, together with their historical antecedents. In his introduction, Hans Buechler reviews significant previous research and outlines the theoretical framework of the present volume. The primary focus of the chapters ...