The Coca Boom and Rural Social Change in Bolivia

By Harry Sanabria

Subjects: Anthropology, Latin American Studies
Hardcover : 9780472103133, 296 pages, tables, maps, 6 x 9, October 1993
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.23386
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Contents

1. Introduction     1
2. The Regional and Local Landscape     21
3. Coca and the Politics of Development     37
4. Mobility, Inequality, and Wealth     63
5. Mobility and Access to Land     93
6. Production and Land Use     117
7. The Deployment of Agricultural Labor     145
8. Epilogue: 1985-92     167
9. Local Actions and Global Paradigms     193

Appendixes

Appendix 1: Fieldwork Methods     211
Appendix 2: Annual Precipitation in Colomi, 1977-81 (in millimeters)     219
Appendix 3: Monthly Temperatures in Colomi, 1981-83 (in centigrade)     221

Notes     223
Glossary     241
Bibliography     245
Index     273

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Examines the socioeconomic ramifications of a Bolivian peasant community's progressive incorporation into the international cocaine market

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