 | Indians, Markets, and Rainforests: Theoretical, Comparative, and Quantitative Explorations in the Neotropics Subjects: Indians of Central America -- Social conditions; Indians of South America -- Social conditions; Rain forests -- Economic aspects -- Latin America; Rain forest ecology -- Latin America; Human ecology -- Government policy -- Latin America; Deforestation --; Godoy investigates five lowland Amerindian societies of tropical Latin America--all of which are experiencing deep changes as they modernize--to discover the results of a market economy on both indigenous peoples and the conservation of tropical rainforest flora and fauna. Ricardo A. Godoy is a visiting professor in the Sustainable International Development Program, Heller Graduate School, and research associate in the Department of Anthropology at Brandeis University. He is the author of Small-Scale Mining and Agriculture in Highland Bolivia . |
