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A long-term study of economic and ecological changes in a small Andean community.

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...this clearly written, well-argued and highly informative book offers many important lessons for those interested in managing Third World modernization. * Choice *

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Transformation of a Peasant Society
  • 2. Population Growth and Ecological Limits
  • 3. Resource Ownership and Control
  • 4. Agricultural Production and Food Consumption
  • 5. The Structure of Economic Exchange, 1966–1974
  • 6. The Dynamics of Economic Change
  • 7. Feasts and Cargos, 1966–1974
  • 8. The Dynamics of Religious Change
  • 9. The Individual and Social Change
  • 10. Quinua’s Transformation
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/1991
      ISBN13: 9780292721456, 978-0292721456
      ISBN10: 0292721455

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A long-term study of economic and ecological changes in a small Andean community.

      Trade Review
      ...this clearly written, well-argued and highly informative book offers many important lessons for those interested in managing Third World modernization. * Choice *

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • 1. The Transformation of a Peasant Society
      • 2. Population Growth and Ecological Limits
      • 3. Resource Ownership and Control
      • 4. Agricultural Production and Food Consumption
      • 5. The Structure of Economic Exchange, 1966–1974
      • 6. The Dynamics of Economic Change
      • 7. Feasts and Cargos, 1966–1974
      • 8. The Dynamics of Religious Change
      • 9. The Individual and Social Change
      • 10. Quinua’s Transformation
      • Appendixes
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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