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Indians, markets, and rainforests : theory, methods, analysis / Ricardo Godoy

Author
Godoy, Ricardo A., 1951-
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2001]
Copyright Date
©2001
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 256 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Question, the Research Design, and the People -- Ch. 1 Question and Its Significance -- Ch. 2 Comparing Approaches -- Ch. 3 Research Design -- Ch. 4 Ethnographic Sketches -- pt. II Findings -- Ch. 5 Forest Clearance: Income, Technology, and Private Time Preference -- Ch. 6 Game Consumption, Income, and Prices: Empirical Estimates and Implications for Conservation -- Ch. 7 Chayanov and Netting: When Does Demography Matter? -- Ch. 8 Chayanov and Sahlins on Work and Leisure -- Ch. 9 Human Health: Does It Worsen with Markets? -- Ch. 10 Mishaps, Savings, and Reciprocity -- Ch. 11 Trade and Cognition: On the Growth and Loss of Knowledge / Nicholas Brokaw / David Wilkie / Ricardo A. Godoy / [and others] -- Ch. 12 Time Preference, Markets, and the Evolution of Social Inequality -- pt. III What We Have Learned -- Ch. 13 Conclusions.
Summary
Godoy investigates five lowland Amerindian societies of tropical Latin America--all of which are experiencing deep changes as they modernize--to discover the results of a market economy on both indigenous peoples and the conservation of tropical rainforest flora and fauna.
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ISBN
0231505035 (electronic bk.)
9780231505031 (electronic bk.)
9780231117845
0231117841
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-240) and index.
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Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility
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