Gelles, Paul H., 1957-

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.


English.

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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.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

F3429.3.I77 / G45 2000eb

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