Elizabeth Emma Ferry: 2 books
by Elizabeth Emma Ferry
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Elizabeth Emma Ferry traces the movement of minerals as they circulate from Mexican mines to markets, museums, and private collections on both sides of the US-Mexico border. She describes how and why these byproducts of ore mining come to be valued by people in various walks of life as scientific...
Not Ours Alone
Patrimony, Value, and Collectivity in Contemporary Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Elizabeth Ferry explores how members of the Santa Fe Cooperative, a silver mine in Mexico, give meaning to their labor in an era of rampant globalization. She analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio (patrimony) in their understanding of work, tradition, and community....