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Researching well-being in an indigenous Amazon community : a detailed survey of the Tsimane' over time / Ricardo Godoy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Godoy, Ricardo A., 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chimane Indians--Social life and customs.
- Chimane Indians.
- Chimane Indians--Economic conditions.
- Well-being--Bolivia--Beni.
- Well-being.
- Social change--Bolivia--Beni.
- Social change.
- Beni (Bolivia)--Economic conditions.
- Beni (Bolivia).
- Beni (Bolivia)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Contents:
- Tsimane', their neighbors, and Westerners : the past 500 years
- History and findings from TAPS and longitudinal studies in anthropology
- The setting and methods to gather information
- Asking what makes people happy and sad is a gateway into the perceived causes of subjective well-being
- Using food to assess well-being, income, and income inequality
- Farming, an indirect runway to Tsimane' subjective well-being
- Well-being : staying healthy despite breakdowns
- Well-being : a world of limited and wilting sociality
- The marketplace : cash earnings, expenditures, swaps, and asset borrowing to bolster well-being.
- Economic inequalities and well-being : why yoke them?
- Takeaways and the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 16, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781040335024
- 1040335020
- 9781003583318
- 1003583318
- 9781040335109
- 1040335101
- Publisher Number:
- 90101641623
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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