Resulting from the 2006 Vías del Noroeste conference in Flagstaff, Arizona, the essays in this volume represent two apparently contradictory perspectives: some seeking systematic explanations of social change and others appealing to the arbitrary (and therefore unpredictable) nature of human culture. The editors see the divergence between these perspectives as more a contrast of emphasis between ever-present structure and process. In Spanish.

Published by Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico, D.F.), 2011. 563 pp. ISBN: 978-607-02-3169-8.

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