Book

Unseasonal migrations: the effects of rural labor scarcity in Peru

Princeton University PressPrinceton, N.j.Published In 1988 • Pages:

By: Collins, Jane Lou.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Focusing on the district of Moho in Huancané Province on the northeastern shore of Lake Titicaca (department of Puno), Collins attempts to account for the fact that while the highland peasants produce coffee in the Tambopata Valley of southern Peru, they have not established permanent settlements there, preferring instead to travel seasonally to the area. Collins reviews the history of this migrational pattern and examines the nature of the social relationships in the highlands that make such migrations both necessary and possible. In addition she also attempts to show '…how migration has altered highland productive regimens and how continuing food production in the highlands affects migrants' use of resources in the lowland coffee region' (p. xii).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Internal migration
Annual cycle
Tillage
Arboriculture
Real property
Production and supply
Labor supply and employment
Travel
Serfdom and peonage
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Aymara
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1995
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Andes
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1977, 1980 (p. xiii-iv)
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Moho district, Huacané province, department of Puno, Peru
NotesAdditional notes
Jane L. Collins
Includes index. Bibliography: p. [187]-207
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
88004084
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Aymara Indians