Aymara indian perspectives on development in the Andes / Amy Eisenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenberg, Amy, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aymara Indians--History.

Aymara Indians.

Aymara cosmology.

Aymara Indians--Social conditions.

Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Chile.

Indigenous peoples.

Rural development--Chile.

Rural development.

Economic development--Chile.

Economic development.

Chile--Environmental conditions.

Chile.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aymara Indians are a geographically isolated, indigenous people living in the Andes Mountains near Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the most arid regions of the world. As rapid economic growth in the area has begun to divert scarce water to hydroelectric and agricultural projects, the Aymara struggle to maintain their sustainable and traditional systems of water use, agriculture, and pastoralism.In Aymara Indian Perspectives on Development in the Andes, Amy Eisenberg provides a detailed exploration of the ethnoecological dimensions of the tension between the Aymara, whose e

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Aymara: Pre and Post-Columbian History; Chapter 2. The Aymara Community Today; Chapter 3. Jaqin Uraqpachat Amuyupa - Aymara Cosmovision; Chapter 4. The Aymara Cultural Landscape; Chapter 5. Social and Environmental Impact Assessment; Chapter 6. Aymara Responses to a Changing Environment; Chapter 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8666-1

OCLC:

856935484