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California Studies in Critical Human Geography Ser.: Changing Fortunes : Biodiversity and Peasant Livelihood in the Peruvian Andes by Karl S. Zimmerer (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520203038
ISBN-139780520203037
eBay Product ID (ePID)852109
Product Key Features
Number of Pages309 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChanging Fortunes : Biodiversity and Peasant Livelihood in the Peruvian Andes
SubjectPublic Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Earth Sciences / Geography, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Sociology / General, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ecology, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
AuthorKarl S. Zimmerer
Subject AreaNature, Political Science, Social Science, Science
SeriesCalifornia Studies in Critical Human Geography Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-012931
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume Number1
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.3/49/098537
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 1. Fields of Plenty and Want 2. The Great Historical Arch of Andean Biodiversity 3. Transitions in Farm Nature and Society, 1969-1990 4. Innovation and the Spaces of Biodiversity 5. Loss and Conservation of the Diverse Crops 6. Diversity's Sum: Geography, Ecology-Economy, and Culture 7. The Vicissitudes of Biodiversity's Fortune
SynopsisTwo of the world's most pressing needs-biodiversity conservation and agricultural development in the Third World-are addressed in Karl S. Zimmerer's multidisciplinary investigation in geography. Zimmerer challenges current opinion by showing that the world-renowned diversity of crops grown in the Andes may not be as hopelessly endangered as is widely believed. He uses the lengthy history of small-scale farming by Indians in Peru, including contemporary practices and attitudes, to shed light on prospects for the future. During prolonged fieldwork among Peru's Quechua peasants and villagers in the mountains near Cuzco, Zimmerer found convincing evidence that much of the region's biodiversity is being skillfully conserved on a de facto basis, as has been true during centuries of tumultuous agrarian transitions. Diversity occurs unevenly, however, because of the inability of poorer Quechua farmers to plant the same variety as their well-off neighbors and because land use pressures differ in different locations. Social, political, and economic upheavals have accentuated the unevenness, and Zimmerer's geographical findings are all the more important as a result. Diversity is indeed at serious risk, but not necessarily for the same reasons that have been cited by others. The originality of this study is in its correlation of ecological conservation, ethnic expression, and economic development., Two of the world's most pressing needs--biodiversity conservation and agricultural development in the Third World--are addressed in Karl S. Zimmerer's multidisciplinary investigation in geography. Zimmerer challenges current opinion by showing that the world-renowned diversity of crops grown in the Andes may not be as hopelessly endangered as is widely believed. He uses the lengthy history of small-scale farming by Indians in Peru, including contemporary practices and attitudes, to shed light on prospects for the future. During prolonged fieldwork among Peru's Quechua peasants and villagers in the mountains near Cuzco, Zimmerer found convincing evidence that much of the region's biodiversity is being skillfully conserved on a de facto basis, as has been true during centuries of tumultuous agrarian transitions. Diversity occurs unevenly, however, because of the inability of poorer Quechua farmers to plant the same variety as their well-off neighbors and because land use pressures differ in different locations. Social, political, and economic upheavals have accentuated the unevenness, and Zimmerer's geographical findings are all the more important as a result. Diversity is indeed at serious risk, but not necessarily for the same reasons that have been cited by others. The originality of this study is in its correlation of ecological conservation, ethnic expression, and economic development.
LC Classification NumberGF532.P4Z56 1996
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