| dc.contributor.advisor | Cahn, Peter, | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Pendley, Joy Leigh. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-16T12:20:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-16T12:20:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/1286 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This dissertation focuses on small-scale vanilla producers in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and their experience with development projects aimed at reviving the cultivation of the crop after decades of decline. It begins with a discussion of the debates (among anthropologists) concerning the issue of development in general. The work then moves on to describe the tensions that have existed for centuries between these small producers and local elites and the insurmountable obstacles faced by one particular grassroots movement. This dissertation then focuses on two particular families and their common, pragmatic response to this context of conflict. Producers respond by diversifying their economic strategy, which includes modest investment in vanilla crops. Most importantly, these producers are looking for a more direct relationship with outside markets and developing projects that will create a new niche for vanilla that will better serve their interests in a global market. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | ix, 184 leaves ; | en_US |
| dc.subject | Anthropology, Cultural. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Covervainilla. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Economics, Agricultural. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Farmers Mexico Veracruz-Llave (State) Economic conditions. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vanilla industry Mexico Veracruz-Llave (State) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rural development Mexico Veracruz-Llave (State) | en_US |
| dc.title | "Betting" on vanilla: Rural producers and development in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.thesis.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Department of Anthropology | en_US |
| dc.note | Adviser: Peter Cahn. | en_US |
| dc.note | Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-12, Section: A, page: 5117. | en_US |
| ou.identifier | (UMI)AAI3291245 | en_US |
| ou.group | College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Anthropology | |
