This dissertation evaluates the changes in food retailing patterns in the face of openmarkettrends in a medium sized city (Citlalicalli) in central Mexico. This evaluation iscarried out using the model of retail trade-concentration. The following questions areaddressed: whether...

The collection of original contributions in this volume of Research in Economic Anthropology addresses two recurrent themes in economic anthropology. These are the process of economic development and the basis on which economic integration takes place. The development theme is divided between...