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A Precious Liquid
Michael C. Ennis-McMillan
其他書名
Drinking Water and Culture in the Valley of Mexico
出版Thomson Wadsworth, 2006
主題Nature / Natural ResourcesSocial Science / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Environmental / Water Supply
ISBN05346128579780534612856
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ff7WAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The text provides an ethnographic analysis of the social and cultural aspects of installing and managing a piped drinking water system in La Purificacion Tepetitla, a community located in the densely populated and semiarid region of the Valley of Mexico. The account shows how politics and culture shape community initiatives to develop adequate and equitable drinking water supplies in the Valley of Mexico's changing ecology. The research is based on 22 months of ethnographic fieldwork, carried out from 1993 to 2000. The book applies the culture concept to drinking water issues and furthers students' understanding of human diversity in terms of economics, ecological adaptation, politics, kinship, gender, ethnicity, health beliefs and practices, and religion and ritual.