Indians, Markets, and Rainforests : : Theoretical, Comparative, and Quantitative Explorations in the Neotropics /

Indians, Markets, and Rainforests : : Theoretical, Comparative, and Quantitative Explorations in the Neotropics / / Ricardo Godoy.

This book addresses two important and related questions: does participation in a market economy help or hurt indigenous peoples and how does it affect the conservation of tropical rainforest flora and fauna? Oddly, there have been few quantitative studies that have addressed these issues.Ricardo God...

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Godoy, Ricardo,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2001]
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Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. THE QUESTION, THE RESEARCH DESIGN, AND THE PEOPLE
  • Chapter 1. The Question and Its Significance
  • Chapter 2. Comparing Approaches
  • Chapter 3. Research Design
  • Chapter 4. Ethnographic Sketches
  • Part II. THE FINDINGS
  • Chapter 5. Forest Clearance: Income, Technology, and Private Time Preference
  • Chapter 6. Game Consumption, Income, and Prices: Empirical Estimates and Implications for Conservation
  • Chapter 7. Chayanov and Netting: When Does Demography Matter?
  • Chapter 8. Chayanov and Sahlins on Work and Leisure
  • Chapter 9. Human Health: Does It Worsen with Markets?
  • Chapter 10. Mishaps, Savings, and Reciprocity
  • Chapter 11. Trade and Cognition: On the Growth and Loss of Knowledge
  • Chapter 12. Time Preference, Markets, and the Evolution of Social Inequality
  • Part III. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
  • Chapter 13. CONCLUSIONS
  • Appendix: Test of Folk Knowledge
  • References
  • Index

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