Covering Ground: Communal Water Management and the State in the Peruvian Highlands (Linking Levels of Analysis) - Softcover

Guillet, David W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472064746 ISBN 13: 9780472064748

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 1992

Synopsis

Covering Ground is a comparative study of irrigation systems in the Colca valley of Peru that seeks to explain the relations among household, community, and state. According to David W. Guillet, it seems apparent that these spheres depend upon one another for their existence. Since water management is essential in this semi-arid region, it is important to try to understand how it functions as well as to articulate the principles on which the relationships among the different levels operate. Covering Ground is the first detailed ethnographic account of an Andean water management system. It will be of interest to students and scholars in several fields, including anthropology, history, archaeology, economics, and political science.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0472064746
• ISBN 13: 9780472064748
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272