Peasants on the Edge : : Crop, Cult, and Crisis in the Andes / / William P. Mitchell.
Throughout Latin America and the rest of the Third World, profound social problems are growing in response to burgeoning populations and unstable economic and political systems. In Peru, terrorist acts by the Shining Path guerilla movement are the most visible manifestation of social discontent, but...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Transformation of a Peasant Society
- 2. Population Growth and Ecological Limits
- 3. Resource Ownership and Control
- 4. Agricultural Production and Food Consumption
- 5. The Structure of Economic Exchange, 1966-1974
- 6. The Dynamics of Economic Change
- 7. Feasts and Cargos, 1966-1974
- 8. The Dynamics of Religious Change
- 9. The Individual and Social Change
- 10. Quinua's Transformation
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index