ABSTRACT
The setting for this book is the northwest of Mexico, a desert land of dry mountain ranges and saguaro cacti. It is a landscape familiar from Western films. This book focuses on life in several small villages outside of Hermosillo, the capital of the state of Sonora, as well as in that city itself. This area is one of great contrasts between old and new, between some of the most modern agriculture in the world and some of the most traditional. There is great wealth and prosperity, both in the cities as well as the villages. But in both areas, stunted malnourished children can be observed, in numbers which seem unusual given the level of development in this part of Mexico.
