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The culture of security in San Carlos : a study of a Guatemalan community of Indians and Ladinos

Title
The culture of security in San Carlos : a study of a Guatemalan community of Indians and Ladinos / John Gillin.
Author
Gillin, John, 1907-1973.
Publication
New Orleans : Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University of Louisiana, 1951.

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Description
vii, 128 pages : diagrams; 27 cm
Series Statement
Publication / Tulane University. Middle American Research Institute ; no. 16
Uniform Title
Publication (Tulane University. Middle American Research Institute) ; no. 16.
Subject
  • Indians of Central America > Guatemala > Social conditions
  • Ladino (Latin American people) > Guatemala > Social conditions
  • Peuples autochtones > Guatemala > Conditions sociales
  • Ladinos > Guatemala > Conditions sociales
  • Indians of Central America > Social conditions
  • Ladino (Latin American people) > Social conditions
  • Social conditions
  • Ethnology > Guatemala
  • Indians of Central America > Guatemala
  • San Luis Tilotepeque (Guatemala) > Social conditions
  • Guatemala > Social conditions
  • San Luis Jilotepeque, Guatemala > Conditions sociales
  • Guatemala > Conditions sociales
  • Guatemala
  • antropologie
  • anthropology
  • beschrijvingen
  • descriptions
  • etnografie
  • ethnography
  • geografie
  • geography
  • guatemala
  • regions
  • sociaal milieu
  • social environment
  • reizen
  • travel
  • volkscultuur
  • folk culture
  • gebruiken
  • customs
  • volkenkunde
  • ethnology
  • sociale situatie
  • social situation
  • sociografie
  • sociography
  • Rural Society
  • Rurale samenleving
Note
  • The community called San Carlos is San Luis Tilotepeque.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 127-128.
Contents
Problem of security -- Situation -- Land and its products -- Habitations -- Food -- Clothing and ornament -- Need for money -- Social structure as a source of satisfaction and frustration -- Political and control structure -- Formal Christianity a la San Carlos -- Fiesta of the patron saint -- Informal religion and psychiatry -- Balance of threat and security.
LCCN
52002631
OCLC
  • ocm01045633
  • 1045633
  • SCSB-139034
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library