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The Struggle for Water in Peru : Comedy and Tragedy in the Andean Commons /
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 a story of domination and resulting social decline, showing h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, CA :
Stanford University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and illustration
- Preface: a note on theory
- A note on orthography
- Introduction: reading social history in a cultural landscape
- One. The setting: A valley on the edge of 'the Abyss'
- Two. Early history: Story of a hole on the map
- Tree. Huaynacotas: irrigation and ethnicity in an indigenous community
- Four. Pampamarca: Hierarchy and inequity in a colonized community
- Five. Cotahuasi: domination and social decline in a hacienda district
- Six. A failure of good intentions: the military's attemtpt at land reform
- Seven. Failure again: water reform, drought, and the legacy of class conflict
- Eight. Water in blood: irrigation improvement, corruption, and the coming of the shining path
- Conclusion: The story of Irrigation in the Andes "Comedy" an tragedy in the commons
- Glossary of Quechua terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index