The bare-toed vaquero : life in Baja California's desert mountains /

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Author / Creator:Marchand, Peter J.
Imprint:Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013
©2013
Description:1 online resource (xi, 123 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13539095
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ISBN:9780826353573
0826353576
9780826353566
0826353568
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Summary:Though the world has seen many advances in technology and globalization since the publication of Harry W. Crosby's photographic work in 1981, little seems to have changed in the Sierra de la Giganta of Baja California Sur. The author of this book finds that the traditional skills and values - strong family ties, shared work, friendliness - of which Crosby chronicled continue to endure. -- Adapted from publisher's description.
Other form:Print version: Marchand, Peter J. Bare-toed vaquero. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013] 9780826353566
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Rarely visited by outsiders, the ranchers of the Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur live much as their ancestors have for the past two centuries. They raise goats and cattle and grow a magnificent variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. In this book a gifted photojournalist introduces us to individual ranchers and their families and describes their traditional practices and the ways they have adapted to twenty-first-century challenges and technological advances.

Marchand's photographs and text are both informative and intimate. His introduction to this little-known corner of Mexico will delight travelers and scholars alike.

Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 123 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780826353573
0826353576
9780826353566
0826353568