Trueque y reciprocidades
Subtitle: pochtecayotl en el nororiente de Morelos
By: Edith Pérez Flores
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Cultura, política y diversidad; Cultura, política y diversidad
Publisher: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Cuernavaca
Language: spa
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9786073007122; 9786073007184
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Barter; Social life and customs; Indians of Mexico; Commerce; Manners and customs
Description: Examines forms of commercial interchange (currency and bartering) that coexist among indigenous and rural inhabitants of region. Offers description and analysis of methods, forums, and participants in barter process; importance of bartering to local economies and culture; and traditions that accompany bartering system in region. Finds that basic principle underlying trading mechanisms is that no one should profit from another, and that true value of trade is in shared benefits of planting, collecting, making and transporting goods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-366)