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Title: Sonora: An Intimate Geography by David Yetman ISBN: 0-8263-2184-4 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Delightful Read
Comment: This is a delightful read, a vivid description of the land, the people, and the culture of Sonora, written by a person who loves it.
A research scientist at the University of Arizona, David Yetman creates a nice balance among history/geography; the human stories of people he meets; and his personal relationship to the land and indigenous people .
The esteem in which Yetman is held, both by Sonoran natives and gringo colleagues, is awesome. He moves easily from intimate conversations with native families willing to share their last tortilla, to sophisticated discussions of politics, agriculture, and drugs with officials in the highest of places. While acknowledging the challenges facing Sonora in light of ecological and social changes, he goes easy when questioning reluctant locals about the drug culture, presumably to avoid putting them, and himself, in harm's way.
Yetman's academic credentials are revealed in the wealth of information about the varied landscapes within Sonora. That he truly enjoys and respects the people he has encountered over thirty years and hundreds of visits shines through and gives the book its personality.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very interesting, from any point of view.
Comment: I read this book that I borrowed from a friend 3 years ago. I am a Sonoran native, and I found most of the author's comments accurate. Although I found it a bit pessimistic and cynical at times, I really enjoyed his observations on the present conditions in the state, since most of them are true.
Arturo Wagner Navojoa, Sonora
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Title: Lines in the Water: Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca by Benjamin S. Orlove ISBN: 0520229592 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Savages by Joe Kane ISBN: 0679740198 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 27 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Sonora State by Guia Roji, Joaquin Palacios Roji Garcia ISBN: 9687140712 Publisher: Guia Roji SA de CV Pub. Date: 30 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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