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Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520-1620

By Noble David Cook

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521523141, 9780511572715, 0521239958, 0511572719, 9780521239950, 9780521523141
LCC
F3429.3.P68 C66
Open Library ID
OL4264080M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8145130 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Latin American Studies
Pages
324\321
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

While many scholars have been interested in the size of the Indian population of the Americas at the time of first contact with Europeans, this book is the first to make a thorough examination of the question. Focusing on Peru, Professor Cook estimates population size on the basis of archaeology, carrying capacity of the agricultural systems, disease mortality, depopulation ratios, and census projection. He also analyses the catastrophic population decline that resulted from contact with Europeans, and compares this experience with that of the coastal region and the Andean highlands.

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