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Changing fortunes : biodiversity and peasant livelihood in the Peruvian Andes / Karl S. Zimmerer.
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TextSeries: California studies in critical human geography ; 1Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1996.Description: xi, 308 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780520203037
- Human ecology -- Peru -- Paucartambo (Province)
- Biodiversity -- 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
- 306.349 ZIM 20
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index.
"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.
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