Market Incorporation, Agricultural Change, and Sustainability among the Machiguenga Indians of the Peruvian Amazon

Human Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-351

  Henrich, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Deforestation; Machiguenga; Markets; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MACHIGUENGA PEOPLE; MARKET INTEGRATION;

PERU, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031414627     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021982324396     Document Type: Article

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