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Vicos and beyond : a half century of applying anthropology in Peru / edited by Tom Greaves, Ralph Bolton, and Florencia Zapata.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Land tenure--Peru--Vicos.
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Vicos--Social conditions.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Vicos--Economic conditions.
- Applied anthropology--Peru--Vicos.
- Applied anthropology.
- Agriculture, Cooperative--Peru--Vicos.
- Agriculture, Cooperative.
- Vicos (Peru)--Social conditions.
- Vicos (Peru).
- Vicos (Peru)--Economic conditions.
- Cornell Peru Project--History.
- Cornell Peru Project.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (563 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-29341-5
- 1-282-92209-2
- 9786612922091
- 0-7591-1976-7
- OCLC:
- 694362912
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