Changing fortunes
Subtitle: biodiversity and peasant livelihood in the Peruvian Andes
By: Karl S. Zimmerer.
Series: California studies in critical human geography ;; 1
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Human ecology -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province); Biological diversity -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province); Conservation of natural resources -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province); Quechua Indians -- Agriculture; Quechua Indians -- Social conditions; Agriculture and state -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province); Agriculture -- Social aspects -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province); Paucartambo (Peru : Province) -- Environmental conditions; Paucartambo (Peru : Province) -- Social conditions
Description: "Brilliant study of the relationship between crop plant biodiversity, peasant behavior, and the larger society dispells some long held assertions about Andean farming.  Based on fieldwork conducted during the 1980s in the highland portion of Paucartambo prov.  (Cusco)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index.