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

• Autore: Eisenberg Amy <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.898/324083
• Soggetto topico: Aymara Indians - History; Aymara cosmology; Aymara Indians - Social conditions; Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Chile; Rural development - Chile; Economic development - Chile
• Soggetto geografico: Chile Environmental conditions
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Aymara indian perspectives on development in the Andes
• ISBN: 0-8173-8666-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815228203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II