Winner of the 'Casa Chata Award' for the Best Book of 1994 (Spanish edition)
In charting the paradoxical effects of power and knowledge on the everyday life of subordinate people, this book offers a major rethinking of domination and the agricultural labor process. Challenging the belief that ethnography is theoretically weak, the author provides a fresh perspective on rural workers' responses to the development of transnational production systems and the transformations of agrarian structures brought about by the complex interactions of global and local forces. In questioning ingrained assumptions about worker consciousness, the author exposes the naivete of past approaches and the role of power and hegemony in the micro-politics of human relations.
This book is obligatory reading for anyone interested in current debates about "resistance," development, and the future of rural societies.

Riel Del Toro is a man of tradition, an elected official within the vampire community. He is in the midst of returning from a much needed vacation with Sisco and Natalie when an acquaintance brings news that is sure to have dire consequences. With knowledge confirming that Natalie's human son, Nathaniel, is on the hunt, Riel must return to the States. He has a job as Museum curator to get back to and, now, more vampiric business that he had hoped to avoid. Natalie's son has always posed a problem, but one he could ignore until now. Riel has to decide how best to handle the situation for all involved, or risk his century's long friendships and face retribution at the hands of those he has sworn to serve. Through all of this, ancient prophecies involving Riel, and those he is closest to, begin to unravel as does his affection for the mysterious Magda, and the long lost love of his progeny, Ilana.