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1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index. |
| 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. Amy Eisenberg provides a detailed exploration of the ethnoecological dimensions of the tension between the Aymara, whose economic, spiritual, and social life are inextricably tied to land and water, and three major challenges: the paving of Chile Highway 11, the diversion of the Altiplano waters of the Río Lauca for irrigation and power-generation, and Chilean national park policies regarding Aymara communities, their natural resources, and cultural properties within Parque Nacional Lauca, the International Biosphere Reserve. |
| Contents |
The Aymara : pre- and post-Columbian history -- The Aymara community today -- Jaqin Uraqpachat Amuyupa : Aymara cosmovision -- The Aymara cultural landscape -- Social and environmental impact assessment -- Aymara responses to a changing environment. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aymara Indians -- History.
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Aymara Indians. |
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History. |
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Aymara cosmology.
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Aymara cosmology. |
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Aymara Indians -- Social conditions.
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Aymara Indians -- Social conditions. |
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Ethnoecology -- Chile.
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Ethnoecology. |
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Chile. |
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Rural development -- Chile.
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Rural development. |
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Economic development -- Chile.
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Economic development. |
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Chile -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eisenberg, Amy, 1954- Aymara indian perspectives on development in the Andes. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2013 9780817317911 (DLC) 2012043130 (OCoLC)816499096 |
| ISBN |
9780817386665 (electronic book) |
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0817386661 (electronic book) |
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9780817317911 (trade cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817317910 (trade cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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