This second edition of Catherine J. Allen's distinctive ethnography of the Quechua-speaking
people of the Andes brings their story into the present. She has added an extensive …

This article presents the results of an experiment which investigated elementary school
children's explanations of the day/night cycle. First, third, and fifth grade children were asked …

This book opens the door to the effects of intellectual, educational, and economic
colonization of young children throughout the world. Using a postcolonial lens on current …

Peter Gow unites the ethnographic data collected by the fieldwork methods invented by
Malinowski with Levi-Strauss's analyses of the relations between myth and time. His book is …

This introductory text introduces basic concepts in cultural anthropology by comparing
cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues throughout human …

Based on Enrique Mayer's 30 years of research in Peru, this collection of new and revised
essays presents in one accessible volume Mayer's most significant statements on Andean …

Although only 2 percent of Colombia's population identifies as indigenous, that figure belies
the significance of the country's indigenous movement. More than a quarter of the …

Pastoral Quechua explores the story of how the Spanish priests and missionaries of the
Catholic church in post-conquest Peru systematically attempted to “incarnate” Christianity in …

This book addresses two major issues in natural resource management and political
ecology: the complex conflicting relationship between communities managing water on the …

The purpose of this article is to review the use of the natural mild stimulant coca, which is a
story that originates with the prehistory of coca, evolves through its following historical uses …