Indigenous shifting cultivation and the new Amazonia: A Piaroa example of economic articulation

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-696

  Freire, Germán N ^a  

^a Ministerio de Salud Y Desarrollo Social   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Economic change; Market integration; Piaroa; Shifting cultivation; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MARKET CONDITIONS; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 35648968649     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-007-9120-y     Document Type: Article

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