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Amazon economicsBook 1980 • Bergman, Roland W.
Shipibo • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a careful quantitative analysis of the Shipibo mixed subsistence economy. The Shipibo cultivate swiddens, hunt, and fish. They also sell embroidered shirts, jute, and work to raise cash. Bergman shows that the Shipipo do very well for themsel...