Archaeology in Latin America

Archaeology in Latin America
Author: Benjamin Alberti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2005-08-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134597835

This pioneering and comprehensive survey is the first overview of current themes in Latin American archaeology written solely by academics native to the region, and it makes their collected expertise available to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The contributors cover the most significant issues in the archaeology of Latin America, such as the domestication of camelids, the emergence of urban society in Mesoamerica, the frontier of the Inca empire, and the relatively little known archaeology of the Amazon basin. This book draws together key areas of research in Latin American archaeological thought into a coherent whole; no other volume on this area has ever dealt with such a diverse range of subjects, and some of the countries examined have never before been the subject of a regional study.

Land Tenure and Rural Development

Land Tenure and Rural Development
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: FAO
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.

Big Water

Big Water
Author: Jacob Blanc
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2018-04-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0816537143

"A transnational approach to the history of a key Latin American border region"--Provided by publisher.

Plant Conservation and Biodiversity

Plant Conservation and Biodiversity
Author: David L. Hawksworth
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2007-09-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402064446

Original studies address key aspects of the conservation and biodiversity of plants. Articles are all peer-reviewed primary research papers, contributed by leading biodiversity researchers from around the world. Collectively, these articles provide a snapshot of the major issues and activities in global plant conservation. Many of the articles can serve as excellent case studies for courses in ecology, restoration, biodiversity, and conservation.

Fragments for a History of the Human Body

Fragments for a History of the Human Body
Author: Michel Feher
Publisher: Zone Books
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1989
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

"The first approach can be called vertical since what is explored here is the human body's relationship to the divine, to the bestial and to the machines that imitate or simulate it. The second approach covers the various junctures between the body's "outside" and "inside": it can therefore be called a "psychosomatic" approach, studying the manifestation - or production - of soul and the expression of emotions through the body's attitudes, and, on another level, the speculations inspired by cenesthesia, pain and death. Finally, the third approach ... brings into play the classical opposition between organ and function by showing how a certain organ or bodily substance can be used to justify or challenge the way human society functions ..." - foreword Part 3.

A Tale of the Dispossessed/La Multitud Errante

A Tale of the Dispossessed/La Multitud Errante
Author: Laura Restrepo
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2003
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 006072370X

From the acclaimed author of "The Dark Bride" comes a new novella published in a bilingual English/Spanish edition.

Tropical Agroecosystems

Tropical Agroecosystems
Author: John H. Vandermeer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2002-12-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1420039881

Tropical areas present ecological, cultural, and political problems that demand analysis that is distinct from general ecological analysis. The tropical environment is special in many ways, from the lack of a biological down season (winter), to generally poor soil conditions, to a reliance on traditional methods of agriculture in an undeveloped society. Presenting a broad range of approaches to agroecosystem analysis, this book addresses specific ecological issues associated with agricultural production, examines two case studies of agricultural transformation and its effect on biodiversity, and discusses key landscape relationships between agroecosystems, wildlife, and human disease.