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This ecological history of peasant society in the Peruvian Andes focuses on the politics of irrigation and water management in three villages whose terraces and canal systems date back to Inca times. Set in a remote valley, the book tells the story of a domination and resulting social decline.

Table of Contents
Introduction: Reading Social History in a Cultural Landscape 1 1. The Setting: A Valley on the Edge of "The Abyss" 17 2. Early History: Story of a Hole on the Map 39 3. Huaynacotas: Irrigation and Ethnicity in an Indigenous Community 71 4. Pampamarca: Hierarchy and Inequity in a Colonized Community 1no 5. Cotahuasi: Domination and Social Decline in a Hacienda District 150 6. A Failure of Good Intentions: The Military's Attempt at Land Reform 199 7. Failure Again: Water Reform, Drought, and the Legacy of Class Conflict 228 8. Water into Blood: Irrigation Improvement, Corruption, and the Coming of the Shining Path 273 Conclusion: The Story of Irrigation in the Andes-"Comedy" and Tragedy in the Commons 291

The Struggle for Water in Peru

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/10/2002
      ISBN13: 9780804731386, 978-0804731386
      ISBN10: 0804731381
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This ecological history of peasant society in the Peruvian Andes focuses on the politics of irrigation and water management in three villages whose terraces and canal systems date back to Inca times. Set in a remote valley, the book tells the story of a domination and resulting social decline.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Reading Social History in a Cultural Landscape 1 1. The Setting: A Valley on the Edge of "The Abyss" 17 2. Early History: Story of a Hole on the Map 39 3. Huaynacotas: Irrigation and Ethnicity in an Indigenous Community 71 4. Pampamarca: Hierarchy and Inequity in a Colonized Community 1no 5. Cotahuasi: Domination and Social Decline in a Hacienda District 150 6. A Failure of Good Intentions: The Military's Attempt at Land Reform 199 7. Failure Again: Water Reform, Drought, and the Legacy of Class Conflict 228 8. Water into Blood: Irrigation Improvement, Corruption, and the Coming of the Shining Path 273 Conclusion: The Story of Irrigation in the Andes-"Comedy" and Tragedy in the Commons 291

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