Water and power in highland Peru : the cultural politics of irrigation and development /
Paul H. Gelles.
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �2000.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.
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.
Quechua Indians--Agriculture--Peru--Cabanaconde. Irrigation--Social aspects--Peru--Cabanaconde. Quechua Indians--Ethnic identity.--Peru BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General. Ethnic relations. Irrigation--Social aspects. Politics and government Quechua Indians--Agriculture. Quechua Indians--Ethnic identity. Latin America. Regions & Countries - Americas. History & Archaeology.
Cabanaconde (Peru)--Politics and government. Cabanaconde (Peru)--Ethnic relations. Peru. Peru--Cabanaconde.