Ralph L. Beals: The Peasant Marketing System of Oaxaca, Mexico (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, University of California Press, 1975, £6.00). Pp. ix + 419
In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 181-183
ISSN: 1469-767X
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In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 181-183
ISSN: 1469-767X
In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 189-190
ISSN: 1469-767X
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Band 9, Heft 3, S. 3
ISSN: 0023-8791
In: Latin American research review, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 3-38
ISSN: 1542-4278
One of the Most Characteristic and Picturesque Features of Latin American commercial activity is the market, "an organized public gathering of buyers and sellers of commodities meeting at an appointed place at regular intervals" (Hodder 1965: 57). These markets are held in open market squares or plazas, in streets and open spaces, at roads junctions, and in public, municipal market buildings. Locally, markets are referred to by such names as ferias, plazas, or mercados in Spanish-speaking Latin America, feiras in Brazil, tianguis in Indian areas of central Mexico, catus in some Quechua-speaking Andean areas, and marchés in French-speaking countries. Generally found in medium to large nucleated settlements, markets are also encountered in very small hamlets, particularly those located at nodal points in communication networks. A settlement may have one or more different market locations within the built-up area, or on the outskirts of the settlement. Most larger towns and cities have several separate markets which specialize in different commodities, or serve different neighborhoods or social groups. Places with one or more markets are generally referred to as market centers.
In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 85-108
ISSN: 1469-767X
One of the most characteristic features of a society is the way in which it organizes its time, designating special days and hours for work, religion, rest, recreation and commerce. Socially accepted patterns of temporal organization are essential to the development of communal activities such as festivals, sports, religious ceremonies, market-place trade and industrial production. Once introduced, patterns of temporal organization tend to establish themselves more and more firmly through time as they become rooted in the customs and traditions of the local population. They are only likely to be changed as a result of wide-ranging social, economic and demographic changes affecting the whole fabric of society. Any possible changes in established temporal patterns usually have both advocates and opponents, and actual changes often result from temporary or permanent shifts in the balance of power between different socio-economic groups, or from shifts in opinion promoted by external factors.
In: Monash Publications in geography 10
In: The journal of development studies, Band 10, Heft 3-4, S. 458-458
ISSN: 1743-9140