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Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520 1620
Contributor(s): Cook, Noble David (Author), Knight, Alan (Editor)
ISBN: 0521239958     ISBN-13: 9780521239950
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $125.40  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 1982
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Demography
- History | Latin America - General
- History | Europe - Renaissance
Dewey: 304.620
LCCN: 81009950
Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (1.15 lbs) 322 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
 
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Publisher Description:
While many scholars have been interested in the size of the Indian population of the Americas at the time of first contact with Europeans, this book, first published in 1982, was the first to make a thorough examination of the question. Focusing on Peru, Professor Cook estimates population size on the basis of archaeology, carrying capacity of the agricultural systems, disease mortality, depopulation ratios, and census projection. He also analyses the catastrophic population decline that resulted from contact with Europeans, and compares this experience with that of the coastal region and the Andean highlands.