Vicos and Beyond A Half Century of Applying Anthropology in Peru |
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| Editor:
| Greaves, Tom
Bolton, Ralph
Zapata, Florencia |
| Contribution by:
| Barnett, Clifford
Doughty, Paul L.
Ochoa, Jorge Flores
Isbell, Billie Jean
Mangin, William
Mayer, Enrique
Mitchell, William P.
Paerregaard, Karsten
Pribilsky, Jason
Ross, Eric B. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7591-1976-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | AltaMira Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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From 1952 to 1962, anthropologists funded by Cornell University sought to apply anthropological knowledge to improving life in Vicos, a village of about 1,800 people in the Peruvian Andes. This collection evaluates the methods and results of the famous, and even infamous, Vicos Project.
From 1952 to 1962, anthropologists funded by Cornell University sought to apply anthropological knowledge to improving life in Vicos, a village of about 1,800 people in the Peruvian Andes. This collection evaluates the methods and results of the famous, and even infamous, Vicos Project.