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The snake with golden braids : society, nature, and technology in Andean irrigation
- Title
- The snake with golden braids : society, nature, and technology in Andean irrigation / Stephen G. Bunker.
- Author
- Bunker, Stephen G., 1944-
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006], ©2006.
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| Text | Request in advance | F3429.1.H8 B86 2006 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- xiv, 121 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Huanoquite (Peru) > Environmental conditions
- Huanoquite (Peru) > Social conditions
- Landscape assessment > Peru > Huanoquite
- Indian cosmology > Peru > Huanoquite
- Irrigation engineering > Peru > Huanoquite > History
- Indians of South America > Agriculture > Peru > Huanoquite
- Irrigation farming > Peru > Huanoquite > History
- Indigenous peoples > Ecology > Peru > Huanoquite
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [114-118]) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Huanoquite water works : environmental sensitivity and technological innovation -- 2. Mountains, rivers, and valleys -- 3. Fitting tame ditches into a wild landscape -- 4. Power, property, and technology -- 5. Cosmology, society, and nature.
- ISBN
- 0739111973 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005016731
- 9780739111970
- OCLC
- OCM60605255
- SCSB-5247748
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries