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Water and power in highland Peru : the cultural politics of irrigation and development

By Gelles , Paul H.

Book information

Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9780585332673, 0585332673
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2893392 bytes)
Pages
233\247
Time added
2019-05-21 21:52:01
Quechua Indians -- Agriculture -- Peru -- Cabanaco

Description

Introduction: Channels of Power, Fields of Contention -- History, Community, and Ethnicity in Cabanaconde -- The Political Ecology and Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Land Recovery -- Earth Mother, Cabildos, and Water Ritual -- Dual Organization: Equilibrium, Extraction, and the Cargo of Water Mayor -- The Power of the Pen: Patriarchs, Pudientes, and the State Model of Irrigation -- Water Politics and Distribution on the Ground -- Conclusion: the Cultural Politics of Irrigation, Community, and Development in the Andes.

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