Schryer, Frans J., authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2025-03-262025-03-262025https://hdl.handle.net/10217/240281An examination of the impact of globalization on both sides of the US-Mexico border, focusing on people connected to the town Ahuehuepan in the state of Guerrero, tracing families, descendants, and people who locate the focus of their identity in a place they may have never seen.--Provided by publisher.Introduction: Toward an Alternative Approach: Between Capricious Saints and the Almighty Dollar -- Part One: Places. Mi Pueblo Bonito: Memories and Impressions -- The Alto Balsas Region and Its Towns -- Part Two: The Broader Context. Indigeneity, Mestizaje, Class, and Racism -- Mexican Migration -- Part Three: The History of Ahuehuepan. Historical Background -- The Pueblo of Ahuehuepan (1923-1985) -- The Pueblo of Ahuehuepan (1985-2021) -- Part Four: Life in Ahuehuepan. Daily Life, Standards of Living, and Schooling -- Getting Ahead and Hardships -- Family Dynamics, Marriage, Names, and Compadres -- Kinship Clusters and Riikos -- Governance and the Civil-Religious Hierarchy -- Land Use and the Changing Landscape -- The Religious Field, Cosmology, and Folklore -- Part Five: Going beyond Ahuehuepan. Zooming Out to the Rest of Mexico -- Crossing the Border to Earn Dollars -- Children of Indigenous Migrants -- Transborder Families -- Patterns of Geographical and Social Mobility -- Different Perspectives on Transnationalism.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Ahuehuepan -- Ethnic identityIndians of Mexico -- United States -- Ethnic identityIndians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Ahuehuepan -- MigrationsIndians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Ahuehuepan -- Social conditionsForeign workers, Mexican -- United States -- Social conditionsNoncitizens -- United States -- Social conditionsEthnology -- Research -- Mexico -- AhuehuepanSocial mobility -- Mexico -- Ahuehuepan -- Case studiesGlobalization -- Mexico -- Ahuehuepan -- Case studiesTransnationalism -- Case studiesAhuehuepan (Mexico) -- HistoryGuerrero (Mexico : State) -- HistoryTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.