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Preface.. Acknowledgments.. 1 The Andean Way: Cultural Adaptation to a Mountain Environment.. Andean Geography.. Verticality: The Human Ecology of the Andes.. The Andean Resource System.. Patterns of Andean Zonation.. Studying Subsistence Systems among Mountain Peasants.. Field Methods.. 2 Uchucmarca: The Village and its People.. The Village of Uchucmarca.. The Upper Maraiion River and the Eastern Cordillera.. Population.. 3 The Early History of Uchucmarca.. Pre-Hispanic History: Chachapoyas.. The Prehistory of Uchucmarca.. Inca Domination.. The Spanish Conquest.. Uchucmarca after the Spanish Conquest.. Cultural Development of Uchucmarca.. 4 The Formal Organization of Uchucmarca.. The Peasant Community.. District Organization.. Intercommunity Conflicts.. Religious Organization: Saints and Celebrations.. 5 Resources For Subsistence: Land.. Life Zones of the Uchucmarca Valley.. Crop Zones and the Folk Taxonomy.. The Determination of Crop Zones.. Settlement Location in the Valley.. Land Tenure.. Land Distribution.. Alternatives to Ownership: Sharecropping.. 6 Agricultural Technology and Labor.. Tools.. Farm Procedures.. Erosion Control and Fallow.. The Agricultural Calendar.. Phase of the Moon.. 7 The Exchange of Labor and Goods.. Reciprocal Labor.. Nonreciprocal Labor.. Exchange Mechanisms.. The Use of Cash.. Livestock.. 8 The Myth of the Idle Peasant.. The Employment Question.. Economists' Approach to Underemployment.. Economists' Critique of the Concept.. Anthropological Approaches to Underemployment.. Case Study of a Full-Employment Peasant Economy.. Nonagricultural Activities.. 9 How the Economy Works:.. The Role of Kinship.. Households.. Selecting a Marriage Partner.. The Extended Family.. The Role of Kinship in Sociedad: Case Studies.. The Role of Kinship in Sociedad: Overview.. Reciprocal Relationships as Action-Sets.. 10 A Peasant Economy in the Modern World.. Spatial-Demographic Adaptation.. Techno-Economic Adaptations.. Socio-Economic Adaptations.. Adapting to a Developing World.. Appendix 1.. Religious Celebrations.. Secular Celebrations.. Appendix 2 Potato Varieties.. Appendix 3 Food Yields from.. Uchucmarca Agriculture.. Bibliography.. Index

Ranging in time and space from medieval China to the mid-twentieth century United States, these essays depict the reciprocal influence of the family and society throughout history. This picture goes beyond merely examining the role of the family in structuring social and sexual rela-tionships to focus on the family as a source of labor and capital accumula-tion and as a mechanism for the transmission of property and the imposi-tion of social control.‘‘The essays in this volume rank with the best social history offered to¬day.” Inglés