Alpacas, Sheep, and Men
The Wool Export Economy and Regional Society in Southern Peru
- 1st Edition - January 28, 1977
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Benjamin S. Orlove
- Editor: E. A. Hammel
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 4 4 3 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 4 5 4 - 6
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Request a sales quoteAlpacas, Sheep, and Men: The Wool Export Economy and Regional Society in Southern Peru investigates the response of the Sicuani region in southern Peru to the wool export economy and its consequent integration into the nation-state in the late nineteenth century. The book traces the economic and political conflicts engendered by the export economy, such as those between landlords and peasants in the countryside and landlords versus traders in town. It also examines how these conflicts shaped the metamorphosis of a closed, isolated, localized society into an open one and its incorporation into national politics as well as global economics. Comprised of 11 chapters, this book begins with a review of the theories of modernization and dependency, followed by a discussion on the development of the world market for wool and the component elements of the wool economy of the entire southern Peru. Subsequent chapters focus on the regional society in more detail, with emphasis on the concept of region and the economic activities of different sectors; variation in forms of land tenure and labor relations in two provinces; the relations among herders, peasants, and artisans; and regional politics. The three major groups of artisans and workers in the region who use wool are considered, namely, urban furriers, textile mill workers, and rural weavers. The book concludes with an analysis of the fundamental importance of the wool export economy in the Sicuani region using the sectorial model. This monograph should be of interest to students and anthropologists.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsSources Consulted1 Introduction: Modernization, Dependency, and the Sectorial Model The Modernization Paradigm Dependency Theory The Sectorial Model2 The History of the World Wool Market World Wool Peruvian Wool3 The Wool Economy in Southern Peru The Uses of Wool The Production and Distribution of Wool4 Credit, Stocks, and Price Transmission Mechanisms The Activity of Wool Marketing Vertical Linkages and Their Consequences Price Transmission Mechanisms The International Connection5 The Sicuani Region: A Capsule Description An Approach to the Concept of Region Production and Distribution: The Marketing Region Authority and Influence: The Administrative and Political Region6 The Pastoral Sectors: Herds, Herders, and Herd Owners The Puna Ecosystem The Organization of Productive Units Wider Articulation and Production Bottlenecks7 Local Uses of Wool in the Sicuani Region The Textile Factory The Furriers Bayeta Comparisons8 Agriculture and Artisans Agriculture Artisans9 The Distribution System Marketing Activity Purchasing Power Marketing Units: Organization and Process Structure and Growth of Marketing Institutions10 Political Articulation in the Sicuani Region Introduction Before the Railroad: The Late Nineteenth Century The Early Twentieth Century: The Dominance of Traders The Mid-Twentieth Century: Changes in the Elites The Sicuani Region in the Mid-1970s Summary11 Conclusions The Sectorial Model and the Sicuani Region The Impact of the Wool Export Economy Modernization, Dependency, and the Sectorial ModelAppendix 1 Wool and Wool-Bearing AnimalsAppendix 2 Peruvian Wool Export StatisticsAppendix 3 Text of an Announcement of an Annual FairAppendix 4 Demographic StatisticsAppendix 5 Sicuani Wool StatisticsAppendix 6 Land Tenure Patterns and Livestock HoldingsBibliographyGlossaryName IndexSubject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 28, 1977
- No. of pages (eBook): 292
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483244303
- eBook ISBN: 9781483274546
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