The struggle for water in Peru
Subtitle: comedy and tragedy in the Andean commons
By: Paul B. Trawick
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Water-supply -- Peru -- Cotahuasi River Watershed; Irrigation -- Peru -- Cotahuasi River Watershed; Social structure -- Peru -- Cotahuasi River Watershed; Social conflict -- Peru -- Cotahuasi River Watershed; Water-supply -- Government policy -- Peru
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-340) and index
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Reading Social History in a Cultural Landscape 1; title: 1. The Setting: A Valley on the Edge of "The Abyss" 17; title: 2. Early History: Story of a Hole on the Map 39; title: 3. Huaynacotas: Irrigation and Ethnicity in an Indigenous Community 71; title: 4. Pampamarca: Hierarchy and Inequity in a Colonized Community; title: 5. Cotahuasi: Domination and Social Decline in a Hacienda District 150; title: 6. A Failure of Good Intentions: The Military's Attempt at Land Reform 199; title: 7. Failure Again: Water Reform, Drought, and the Legacy of Class Conflict 228; title: 8. Water into Blood: Irrigation Improvement, Corruption, and the Coming of the Shining Path 273; title: Conclusion: The Story of Irrigation in the Andes-"Comedy" and Tragedy in the Commons 291