Questions (to be completed before discussion)
1. What enables people to continue to live in rural Mexico despite the poor agricultural economy?
2. What are two factors that led to the decline of agriculture in rural Mexico?
3. Why does the author argue that continuing to live in countryside is a form of cultural resistance? What are the rural residents resisting?
4. Why are considerations of scale important when explaining people's abilities
to maintain households in rural areas?
5. What is one question about agriculture and rural livelihoods that you would
like to discuss in class?