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CONTENTS 



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The business of agriculture— Continued 



Disposal of produce 121 



The local market 123 



Outside markets 125 



Farm business 12S 



Time spent marketing 131 



Consumer goods 133 



Buying for use 133 



Market buying 134 



Prices 13G 



Corn 139 



Beans MO 



Other food staples .-- — - 141 



Meat and fish 141 



Vegetables 142 



Fruit 143 



Domestic production - 143 



Kinds of houses 143 



House building 145 



Value of houses 147 



Supplies, furnishings, and tools 147 



Firewood — 148 



Cooking and washing — 14S 



Clothing 150 



Textile work 151 



The level and cost of living 154 



Household establishments — 154 



Costumes 158 



Food ir.3 



The sample families -- lfi3 



Community totals 104 



The level and cost of living — Continued 



Equipment 174 



Ceremonial, festive, and miscellaneous ex- 

 penses 177 



Personal expenses, taxes, etc 181 



Community wealth .. 182 



The balance of payments . 183 



The standard of living 184 



Comparisons 184 



Functions uf wealth 186 



Method 18G 



Defining the community for study 187 



Kstablishing wealth differences 189 



Tlie significance of wealth differences 191 



Localization of wealth 191 



Land and wealth 192 



Special occupations and wealth 194 



Labor and wealth 195 



Wealth and domestic animals 199 



Differences in housing 199 



Differences in food 200 



Costume and wealth 201 



Wealtli mobility 202 



Motivations 204 



Conclusions 200 



Appendix 1. Document relating to labor 208 



Appendix 2. Commodity prices and index 210 



Appendix 3. Households in order of wealth 217 



Glossary 220 



Literature cited 224 



General index 227 



ILLUSTRATIOINS 



MAPS 



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1. The region of Lake Atitldn 1 



2 The muriicjpio of Panajachel 3 



3. Panajachel: the area of the study. _. 5 



4. Land use 30 



5. Coffee and truck lands — 42 



6. Land ow^le^ship . . 58 



CHARTS 



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1. Temjieraturc and precipitation in Panajachel, 



1932-30 4 



2. Hillland use 37 



3. Coffee vs. truck acreage 43 



4. The use of truck land by resident Indians 47 



5. Land ownershi]) 59 



6. Distribution of privately owned land GO 



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7. Delta land use 01 



8. Average acreage of individual lots 02 



9. Average acreage per land-owning family. 03 



10. Distributionof land among Ladinos and Indians. 04 



11. Distribution of Panajaclieleiio land — 07 



12. Genealogical reference to the inheritance of 



liousehold No. 49 72 



13. Genealogical reference to the inheritance of 



household No. 58 74 



14. Genealogical reference to the inheritance of 



household No. 55 70 



15. "Usable" time 88 



10. Time spent on economic activities 89 



17. Sex division of labor in ordinary week 90 



IS. Guide to description of 10 Panajachel establish- 

 ments. 155 



19. Special occupations and the land-wealth scale - 194 



