Peasant Capitalist Industry: Piecework and Enterprise in Southern Mexican Brickyards

by Scott Cook

Peasant Capitalist Industry examines the handmade brick industry that originated and is concentrated in a handful of communities near Oaxaca City including Santa Lucia del Camino and Santa Cruz Amilpas. Scott Cook provides a comprehensive analysis of the brick plants (ladrilleras) which are privately owned and operated by individuals in the manufacturing communities who also are engaged in agriculture, either directly or with hired workers. Brick...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819143227
• ISBN13: 9780819143228
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"