ABSTRACT

This book deals with the modern, northern half of the Isthmus, its social struggles and its varied problems in adapting a backward region to the need and ways of industrial civilization. It presents a view of the modern Isthmus Zapotecs, living around Juchitan and Tehuantepec.

part I|141 pages

The Atlantic Slopes

chapter Chapter I|19 pages

Southern Vera Cruz: Threshold of the Tropics

chapter Chapter II|16 pages

Los Tuxtlas: Land, Politics, and Sudden Death

chapter Chapter III|33 pages

Coatzacoalcos: The Sanctuary of the Serpent

chapter Chapter IV|71 pages

The Jaguar and the Serpent

part II|257 pages

The Pacific Plains

chapter Chapter V|29 pages

Tehuantepec and Juchitán, Zapotec Capitals

chapter Chapter VI|38 pages

The Zapotec Heritage

chapter Chapter VII|31 pages

The Endless Struggle

chapter Chapter VIII|54 pages

The People: (1) How they Look, Live, and Work

chapter Chapter X|17 pages

The People: (3) The Zapotec Family

chapter Chapter XI|26 pages

Fiesta in Tehuantepec

chapter Chapter XII|19 pages

Death and the Unknown