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Title

Poverty and peasantry in Peru's Southern Andes, 1963-90 / R.F. Watters.

Author

Watters, R. F. (Raymond Frederick)

Publication

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1994.

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Description

xviii, 366 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Summary

"Focuses on a production model of the peasantry and their access to resources. Examines historical, economic, social, and political forces shaping the community of Chilca. Considers peasants' problems through study of politics and mobilization, deindianization, migration, and agricultural innovation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Series Statement

Pitt Latin American series

Uniform Title

Pitt Latin American series.

Subject

• Chilca (Cuzco, Peru) > Rural conditions
• Peasants > Chilca (Cuzco)
• Rural poor > Chilca (Cuzco)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-360) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. I. Background. 1. Introduction: The Problem and Method. 2. Approaches to the Peasantry. 3. The Setting: Nation, Ecology, Region and Community. 4. Historical Evolution of the Peasantry. 5. Modern Peru, 1895-1968 -- Pt. II. Village Community. 6. Chilca in 1964. 7. Chilca, 1964-76. 8. Chilca in 1979. 9. The Unequal Exchange Model of Peasantry -- Pt. III. Peasant Solutions? 10. The Peruvian Revolution and its Aftermath. 11. Agriculture, Government Policies and Food Import Dependency. 12. Innovation and Leadership. 13. Agrarian Reform in the Pampa. 14. Migration, Empathy and Schooling. 15. Mobilisation of the Peasantry -- Pt. IV. Peasant Destinies and Outcomes. 16. Agencies of Change: Dissolution of the Peasantry? 17. Peru in 1990. 18. Chilca in 1990 -- 19. Conclusion.

ISBN

0822911825

LCCN

^^^93060584^

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Harvard Library