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Book SynopsisGodoy investigates five lowland Amerindian societies of tropical Latin America-all of which are experiencing deep changes as they modernize-to discover the results of a market economy on both indigenous peoples and the conservation of tropical rainforest flora and fauna.
Trade Review[T]he book is a fantastic collection of information and ideas. It should be obligatory reading for the staff of all development and conservation governmental organizations and NGOs working in lowland South America. -- Kim Hill, University of New Mexico Journal of Anthropological Research With very few quantitative studies addressing the question, the author explores issues of participation in a market economy and its benefits or harm to the conservation of tropical rainforest flora and fauna, and the direct impacts on indigenous peoples of those areas... Provides an insightful overview. Southeastern Naturalist
Table of ContentsPart 1. The Question, the Research Design, and the People 1. The Question and Its Significance 2. Comparing Approaches 3. Research Design 4. Ethnographic Sketches Part 2. The Findings 5. Forest Clearance: Income, Technology, and Private Time Preference 6. Game Consumption, Income, and Prices: Empirical Estimates and Implications for Conservation 7. Chayanov and Netting: What Does Demography Matter? 8. Chayanov and Sahlins on Work and Leisure 9. Human Health: Does It Worsen with markets? 10. Mishaps, Savings, and Reciprocity 11. Trade and Cognition: On the Growth and Loss of Knowledge 12. Time Preference, Markets, and the Evolution of Social Inequality Part 3. What We Have Learned 13. Conclusions
