Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network by González, Roberto J.

Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520344211)

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Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network by González, Roberto J.

Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network

$29.95
Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network by González, Roberto J.

Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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This is the true story of how, against all odds, a remote Mexican pueblo built its own autonomous cell phone network--without help from telecom companies or the government. Anthropologist Roberto J. Gonz lez paints a vivid and nuanced picture of life in a Oaxaca mountain village and the collective tribulation, triumph, and tragedy the community experienced in pursuit of getting connected. In doing so, this book captures the challenges and contradictions facing Mexico's indigenous peoples today, as they struggle to wire themselves into the 21st century using mobile technologies, ingenuity, and sheer determination. It also holds a broader lesson about the great paradox of the digital age, by exploring how constant connection through virtual worlds can hinder our ability to communicate with those around us.

Author: Roberto J. González
ISBN-10: 0520344219
ISBN-13: 9780520344211
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2020
Pages: 274
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
By Roberto J. González
By Roberto J. González
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Roberto J. González is chair of the Department of Anthropology at San José State University. He is the author of several books, including Zapotec Science: Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca.

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