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Ethnic Relations in Southeastern Mexico 1

1961; Wiley; Volume: 63; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/aa.1961.63.4.02a00060

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Benjamin N. Colby, Pierre L. van den Berghe,

Latin American history and culture

American AnthropologistVolume 63, Issue 4 p. 772-792 Ethnic Relations in Southeastern Mexico1 BENJAMIN N. COLBY, BENJAMIN N. COLBY Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorPIERRE L. VAN DEN BERGHE, PIERRE L. VAN DEN BERGHE Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this author BENJAMIN N. COLBY, BENJAMIN N. COLBY Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorPIERRE L. VAN DEN BERGHE, PIERRE L. VAN DEN BERGHE Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: August 1961 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1961.63.4.02a00060Citations: 29 1 Among the many people who helped us at various stages of our study we should like to mention G. W. Allport and E. Z. Vogt of Harvard University, J. de la Fuente, A. Villa Rojas and F. Montes Sanchez of the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, L. Velasco Robles, P. Moscozo Pastrana, J. Baroco, F. Blom, J. M. Duran Aldana and our many Zinacantan and San Cristobal informants who were at all times most kind and helpful. 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