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168+xxxix pages with tables (three folding) and appendix. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/4") bound in quarter red leather with five raised spine bands with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. From the library of Professor George M Foster. First edition. Apolinar Castillo was born in the City of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, in the year 1820. Although he was not a citizen of Veracruz, he was elected federal deputy for the downtown district and alternated his political activities with the journalistic work directing the newspaper El Partido Liberal. Being governor of State of Veracruz, General Luis Mier y Teran, appointed him political head of the Canton of Córdoba, when he left. assumed the governorship of the State of Veracruz on the 1st of December 1880. As one of the progressives in Mexico he wanted Veracruz to become part of the modern movement. This work by his secretary Ramon Rodriguez collected and produced the break out of the government of the state in 1880s with pay scales of government officials, census information and production. A very good snapshot of Mexico and Veracruz at this time in history. George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in. Condition: Spine ends and raised spine rubbed, corners bumped, Foster's stamp to title else a very good copy. Seller Inventory # HK002
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