Spell of the Urubamba Anthropogeographical Essays on an Andean Valley in Space and Time /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gade, Daniel W. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental geography.; Anthropology.; Cultural studies.; Human geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Geography.; Human Geography.; Cultural Studies.

This new book focuses on the Urubamba Valley of Peru, which spans 4000 meters of altitude mostly in the Department of Cusco. More than one million visitors a year come to the Urubamba, especially to experience Machu Picchu, which overlooks the valley floor. The book, based on over 50 years of resear...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• The Urubamba Valley in Panoptic Perspective
• Urubamba Travelers as Generators of Knowledge
• Urubamba Verticality: Reflections on Crops and Diseases
• The Sacred Valley as a Zone of Productivity, Privilege and Power
• Vilca in Andean Culture History: Psychotropic Associations in Urubamba and Beyond
• Mysterious Ucumari: The Andean Bear in Nature and Culture
• Urubamba Ramble: Hiram Bingham’s Artful Encounter with Machu Picchu
• Vilcabamba: Fabled Redoubt of the Urubamba Region
• Highland and Lowland Peoples in Contact in the Tropical Urubamba
• Conclusion: The Spell is Cast
• Notes
• Glossary
• Index.