Appropriate technology in rural Mexico: Antecedents and consequences of an indigenous peasant innovation

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Year of Publication
1978
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Journal
Technology and Culture
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pagination
32-52
Date Published
01/1978
Language
English
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Abstract

This paper describes some of the social, ecological, and economic conditions that led to the development of the seed plow in the Valley of Temascalcingo. It briefly examines the history of the plow, documents the socioeconomic changes its use has engendered, and concludes with an exploration of the theoretical and pragmatic implications of this case of modernization.

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21 pp.
ISSN
0040-165X; 1097-3729
Short Title
Appropriate technology in rural Mexico