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A recurring theme in the study of social stability is the relation of rural conditions to political violence and revolution as well as to subtler and less violent forms of opposition and resistance. El Salvador has served as an example for study because of its recent twelve-year civil war and the participation of its rural population. Given the depth and richness of data concerning rural conditions leading up to the civil war, it is somewhat baffling to find that rural social tensions are explained away in the terms used by Mitchell Seligson in "Thirty Years of Agrarian Transformation in El Salvador."

Adapted from the forthcoming book entitled, "Confronting revolution: security through diplomacy in Central America," edited by Morris Blachman and others.

Intro -- Note to the reader -- Foreword by Sidney W. Mintz -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Introduction -- 1. The Peasant Market Economy of the Valley of Oaxaca in Analysis and History (Scott Cook and Martin Diskin) -- 2. The Oaxaca Market Study Project: Origins, Scope, and Preliminary Findings (Ralph L. Beals) -- Part Two. The Valley System and Related Regional Systems -- 3. The Structure of a Peasant Market System in Oaxaca (Martin Diskin) -- 4. Markets as Mirrors: Reflectors of the Economic Activity and the Regional Culture of Coastal Oaxaca (Herbert M. Eder) -- 5. The Zoogocho Plaza System in the Sierra Zapoteca of Villa Alta (Richard L. Berg, Jr.) -- 6. Survey of the Market System in the Nochixtlán Valley and the Mixteca Alta (John C. Warner) -- Part Three. Producers and Marketers: Case Studies -- 7. The "Market" as Location and Transaction: Dimensions of Marketing in a Zapotec Stoneworking Industry (Scott Cook) -- 8. Zapotec Viajeras (Beverly Chiñas) -- 9. Examples of Stability and Change from Santa María Atzompa (Charlotte Stolmaker) -- 10. The Marketplace Traders of San Antonino: A Quantitative Analysis (Ronald Waterbury and Carole Turkenik) -- Part Four. Problems in Retrospect and Prospect -- 11. A Historical-Ecological Approach to the Study of the Oaxaca Plaza System (Martin Diskin) -- 12. A Concluding Critical Look at Issues of Theory and Method in Oaxaca Market Studies (Scott Cook and Martin Diskin) -- Appendix. Maps and Demographic Tables (Cecil R. Welte) -- Table A-1. State of Oaxaca: Population by Districts -- Table A-2. Municipios within Which Plazas of the Market Studies Are Located -- Map A-1. State of Oaxaca and Surroundings -- Map A-2. The Central Valleys of Oaxaca -- Glossary -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index.