1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990005718980203316

Autore

PALMER, Robert Roswell

Titolo

The  improvement of humanity : education and the French revolution / by R. R. Palmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c1985

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 347 p. ; 24 cm.

Disciplina

370.193 4

Soggetti

Pedagogia - Francia - Sec. 18

RIVOLUZIONE FRANCESE - PRINCIPI

Collocazione

CC 370.193 4

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463523003321

Autore

Eisenberg Amy <1954->

Titolo

Aymara indian perspectives on development in the Andes / / Amy Eisenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8173-8666-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

305.898/324083

Soggetti

Aymara Indians - History

Aymara cosmology

Aymara Indians - Social conditions

Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Chile

Rural development - Chile

Economic development - Chile

Electronic books.

Chile Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Aymara: Pre and Post-Columbian History; Chapter 2. The Aymara Community Today; Chapter 3. Jaqin Uraqpachat Amuyupa - Aymara Cosmovision; Chapter 4. The Aymara Cultural Landscape; Chapter 5. Social and Environmental Impact Assessment; Chapter 6. Aymara Responses to a Changing Environment; Chapter 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Aymara Indians are a geographically isolated, indigenous people living in the Andes Mountains near Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the most arid regions of the world. As rapid economic growth in the area has begun to divert scarce water to hydroelectric and agricultural projects, the Aymara struggle to maintain their sustainable and traditional systems of water use, agriculture, and pastoralism.In Aymara Indian Perspectives on Development in the Andes, Amy Eisenberg provides a detailed exploration of the ethnoecological dimensions of the tension between the Aymara, whose e