Abstract
In spite of Western contact, the economy of the Cuna Indians remained unchanged for centuries. Only in relatively recent times have the cultivation of a cash crop and participation in international trade superseded subsistence agriculture in importance. Subsistence agriculture, which was formerly the work of women, is now conducted by men, yet women have retained an important role in the economy. The present paper traces these developments and attempts to explain the unusual shift in the division of labor by sex.
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