Mountain, Field, and Family : The Economy and Human Ecology of an Andean Valley / / Stephen B. Brush

• Autore: Brush Stephen B. <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1977
• Edizione: Reprint 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 199 p., [5] leaves of plates ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 330.9/85/063
• Soggetto topico: Indians of South America - Peru - Economic conditions; Peasantry - Peru; Indians of South America - Economic conditions - Peru; Peasants - Peru
• Soggetto geografico: Peru Economic conditions 1968-
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Maps, Figures, Tables, and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Andean Way: Cultural Adaptations to a Mountain Environment -- 2. Uchucmarca: The Village and Its People -- 3. The Early History of Uchucmarca -- 4. The Formal Organization of Uchucmarca -- 5. Resources for Subsistence: Land -- 6. Agricultural Technology and Labor -- 7. The Exchange of Labor and Goods -- 8. The Myth of the Idle Peasant -- 9. How the Economyj Works: The Role of Kinship -- 10. A Peasant Economy in the Modern World -- Appendix 1. Religious Celebrations -- Appendix 2. Potato Varieties -- Appendix 3. Food Yields from Uehuemarea Agriculture -- Bibliography -- Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Mountain, Field, and Family
• ISBN: 1-5128-0098-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247875503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.