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Priests and programmers : technologies of power in the engineered landscape of Bali /

For the Balinese, the whole of nature is a perpetual resource: through centuries of carefully directed labor, the engineered landscape of the island's rice terraces has taken shape. According to Stephen Lansing, the need for effective cooperation in water management links thousands of farmers t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lansing, John Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Colección:Anthropology online.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface to the 2007 Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Gods of the Countryside; Chapter One: "Income to Which No Tears Are Attached"; Chapter Two: The Powers of Water; Chapter Three: The Waters of Power; Chapter Four: The Temple of the Crater Lake; Chapter Five: Chance Observation and the Metaphysics of Taxation; Chapter Six: Massive Guidance; Conclusion: Sociogenesis; Afterword; Appendix A. Plan of the Temple of the Crater Lake; Appendix B. Technical Report on the Ecological Simulation Model; Notes; Index.