What is it about?
Shows how growth in the nearby cities of Cancún and Mérida affected the health and well-being of Maya agriculturalists.
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Why is it important?
It shows how traditional societies can take advantage of modernization without immediate negative effects on their well being. It involves local choices and regional and national policies and growth.
Perspectives
I look at it from the perspective of an anthropologist interested in the well-being of the Maya and the maintenace of the systems that has allowed them to survive for generations.
Dr Francisco Delfin Gurri
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
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This page is a summary of: Well-being changes in response to 30 years of regional integration in Maya populations from Yucatan, Mexico, American Journal of Human Biology, January 2001, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1097.
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