Spell of the Urubamba : anthropogeographical essays on an Andean valley in space and time /: anthropogeographical essays on an Andean valley in space and time. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel W. Gade.
• Authors: Gade, Daniel W, 1936-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 354 pages)
• Subjects: 985/.37; Geography; Agriculture -- Peru -- Urubamba River Valley; Bears -- Peru -- Urubamba River Valley; HISTORY / Latin America / South America; Agriculture; Bears; Civilization; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Social Science -- Human Geography; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Physical geography & topography; Human geography; Cultural studies; Anthropology; Regional planning; Human Geography; Anthropology; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Regional & area planning; Urubamba River Valley (Peru); Urubamba River Valley (Peru) -- Civilization; Peru -- Urubamba River Valley; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319208497; 3319208497
• Related ISBNs: 9783319208480; 3319208489
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor supplied metadata.
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