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Harmony Ideology: Justice and Control in a Zapotec Mountain Village
Harmony Ideology Justice and Control in a Zapotec Mountain Village
Author: Laura Nader
The Zapotec observe that 'a bad compromise is better than a good fight'. Why? This study of the legal system of the Zapotec village of Talea suggests that compromise and, more generally, harmony are strategies used by colonized groups to protect themselves from encroaching powerholders or strategies the colonizers use to defend themselves agains...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804718097
ISBN-10: 0804718091
Pages: 343
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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