Sociopolitical Aspects of Canal Irrigation in the Valley of Oaxaca

Contents
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
	Area of Investigation
	Method of Investigation
I. Community Organization
	Introduction
	The Village
		Historical Background
		The Civil-Religious Hierarchy and the Cargo System
		Economic Organization: Land and Wealth
		Economic Organization: Exchange and Cooperation
		Economic Organization: Community Cooperation
	The Village and the State
		Political Units
		Village Government
		The Village and the State
II. Problems of Water Control and Their Solutions
	Introduction: Problems
		Construction
		Maintenance
		Allocation
	Conflict over Water
	Change
III. Political Control and Access to Water
	Introduction
	Tlalixtac de Cabrera
	San Juan del Estado
	San Agustin Etla
	Summary and Conclusions
IV. The Roles of the Village and the State in Water Control
	Introduction
	Intra-Village and Inter-Village Water Control
	The Village and the State
	Change in Water Control Organization and the State
	Summary and Conclusions
V. The Role of Water Control in Oaxaca\'s History
	Introduction
	Origins
	Post-Classic History
	Colonial Period
	Post-Colonial, Pre-Revolutionary History
	Since the Revolution
	Summary and Conclusions
VI. Oaxacan Irrigation Compared with Other Reigions
	Introduction
	Social Change
	Variation According to Resource Type
	Cooperative Labor
	Water Distribution
	Disputes
	Village-State Relations and Water Control
	Summary and Conclusions
VII. General Conclusions
	Oaxaca as a Case Study
		Environment
		Technology
		Allocation
		Social Change, the State, and Water Control
	Mass Labor and Allocation in Oaxaca
		Mass Labor
		Allocation
	Environment, Technology, Adaptation, and Evolution
		Variation in Response and the Nature of the Resource
		Environment and Technology
	The Origins of Statehood
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