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Author Zimmerer, Karl S

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
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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.
SUBJECT Paucartambo (Peru : Province) -- Environmental conditions
Paucartambo (Peru : Province) -- Social conditions
Subject Peru -- Paucartambo (Province)
Anden
Peru
Peru.
Andesgebergte.
Paucartambo (Pérou ; région) -- Conditions sociales.
Quechua.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520917033
0520917030
0585055084
9780585055084