Unseasonal Migrations : : The Effects of Rural Labor Scarcity in Peru / / Jane Lou Collins.
Jane Collins explores a phenomenon of growing importance in developing nations--the labor scarcity that emerges as farmers in Latin America and elsewhere are forced by economic necessity to seek seasonal work away from their home communities. Such labor scarcity often results in "unseasonal&quo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©1988 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
5043 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Seasonal Migration to the Tambopata Valley
- 2. The Prelude to Tambopata: Historical Precedents for Migration
- 3. The Opening of a New Productive Area
- 4. Smallholder Agriculture on the Altiplano
- 5. Peasant Diversification and Labor Scarcity
- 6. The Ecological and Social Effects of Bizonal Production
- 7. Conclusions
- Appendix A. The Aymara Phonetic Alphabet
- Appendix B. Arrival of the Adventists in Moho, 1918
- Appendix C. Personal Accounts of Migration to the Tambopata Valley
- Reference List
- Index