Resumen de Las ladrilleras de Cholula: características demográficas y organización socioeconómica

Robert D. Shadow, María J. Rodríguez-Shadow

• Starting from the regard of the doubtless changes that can be observed in the rural life, and having in account that the handcraft production has always been a distintive feature of the peasant duties (until now contemplated as a complementary activity to the farm tasks), the authors observe a phenomenon where the traditional relations of the rural sector with the city are being expanded and redefined: we now deal with nexus, merchandise flow and value transference that take forme that go further than the food supply and limited amounts of handcraft (the study case is the one of productions of raw material for the construction industry in Cholula, Puebla). Everything that implies changes in the use of the local resources, the demographic profile, the working force exploitation, the social organization and de class structure in the productive communities