Water and Power in Highland Peru The Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Development

Name: Water and Power in Highland Peru The Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Development
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ISBN: 9780813528076

ISBN-10: 0813528070

ISBN-13: 9780813528076

Edition: 2000

Authors: Paul Gelles

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Book details

List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 6/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Note to the Reader


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


Epilogue


Appendices


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index