Aymara Indian Perspectives on Development in the Andes /

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Aymara Indians are a geographically isolated indigenous people living in the Andes Mountains near Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the most arid regions of the world. As rapid economic growth in the area has begun to divert scarce water to hydroelectric and agricultural projects, the Aymara strug...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eisenberg, Amy, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rural development.
Ethnoecology.
Economic development.
Ecology.
Aymara Indians > Social conditions.
Aymara Indians.
Aymara cosmology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Developpement economique > Chili.
Developpement rural > Chili.
Ethnoecologie > Chili.
Aymara (Indiens) > Conditions sociales.
Aymara (Indiens) > Histoire.
Economic development > Chile.
Rural development > Chile.
Ethnoecology > Chile.
Aymara Indians > History.
Chile.
Chile > Environmental conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Aymara : pre- and post-Columbian history
  • The Aymara community today
  • Jaqin Uraqpachat Amuyupa : Aymara cosmovision
  • The Aymara cultural landscape
  • Social and environmental impact assessment
  • Aymara responses to a changing environment
  • Conclusion.

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