Title Changing fortunes : biodiversity and peasant livelihood in the Peruvian Andes / Karl S. Zimmerer

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations, maps Series California studies in critical human geography ; 1 California studies in critical human geography ; 1 Contents Ch. 1. Fields of plenty and want -- ch. 2. The great historical arch of Andean biodiversity -- ch. 3. Transitions in farm nature and society, 1969-1990 -- ch. 4. Innovation and the spaces of biodiversity -- ch. 5. Loss and conservation of the diverse crops -- ch. 6. Diversity's sum: geography, ecology-economy, and culture -- ch. 7. The vicissitudes of biodiversity's fortune Summary This title provides a study of the relationship between crop plant biodiversity, peasant behaviour, and the larger society, and dispells some long held assertions about Andean farming Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and index Notes Print version record Subject Human ecology -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province) Biodiversity -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province) Conservation of natural resources -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province) Quechua Indians -- Agriculture Quechua Indians -- Social conditions Agriculture and state -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province) Agriculture -- Social aspects -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Agriculture and state Agriculture -- Social aspects Biodiversity Conservation of natural resources Ecology Human ecology Quechua Indians -- Agriculture Quechua Indians -- Social conditions Social conditions Agrarpolitik Humanökologie Natürliche Ressourcen Quechua Soziale Situation Umwelt Platteland. Economische aspecten. Culturele aspecten. Anthropology. Social Sciences. Anthropogeography & Human Ecology. Quechua (Indiens) -- Agriculture. Quechua (Indiens) -- Conditions sociales. Écologie humaine -- Pérou. Conservation des ressources naturellles -- Pérou. Diversité biologique -- Pérou. Agriculture -- Aspect social -- Pérou. Politique agricole -- Pérou. Paucartambo (Peru : Province) -- Environmental conditions Paucartambo (Peru : Province) -- Social conditions Peru -- Paucartambo (Province) Anden Peru Peru. Andesgebergte. Paucartambo (Pérou ; région) -- Conditions sociales. Quechua. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520917033 0520917030 0585055084 9780585055084

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