Vicos and beyond [[electronic resource] ] : a half century of applying anthropology in Peru / / edited by Tom Greaves, Ralph Bolton, and Florencia Zapata

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : AltaMira Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (563 p.)
• Disciplina: 985
• Soggetto topico: Indians of South America - Land tenure - Peru - Vicos; Indians of South America - Peru - Vicos - Social conditions; Indians of South America - Peru - Vicos - Economic conditions; Applied anthropology - Peru - Vicos; Agriculture, Cooperative - Peru - Vicos
• Soggetto geografico: Vicos (Peru) Social conditions; Vicos (Peru) Economic conditions
• Altri autori: GreavesThomas C BoltonRalph <1939-> ZapataFlorencia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; Part I: Remembering the Vicos Project; Who Was That Gringo? Holmberg before Vicos; Early Years of the Vicos Project from the Perspective of a Sympathetic Participant Observer; Lessons from Vicos; Anthropological Journeys: Vicos and the Callejón de Huaylas, 1948 to 2006; Part II: Evaluating the Vicos Project; Anthropological Hope and Social Reality: Cornell's Vicos Project Reexamined; Modernizing Peru: Negotiating Indigenismo, Science, and the "Indian Problem" in the Cornell-Peru Project; Reflections on Vicos: Anthropology, the Cold War, and the Idea of Peasant Conservatism ; Vicos As a Model: A RetrospectivePart III: Alternatives to the Vicos Project; Globalizing Andean Society: Migration and Change in Peru's Peasant Communities; Chijnaya-The Birth and Evolution of an Andean Community: Memories and Reflections of an Applied Anthropologist; The Case of Kuyo Chico; Part IV: Vicos Today; Cornell Returns to Vicos, 2005; Remembering Vicos: Local Memories and Voices; Conclusion; About the Editors and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: From 1952 to 1962, anthropologists funded by Cornell University sought to apply anthropological knowledge to improving life in Vicos, a village of about 1,800 people in the Peruvian Andes. This collection evaluates the methods and results of the famous, and even infamous, Vicos Project.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vicos and beyond
• ISBN: 1-282-92209-2; 9786612922091; 0-7591-1976-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785478503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II