Demographic Collapse

Indian Peru, 1520–1620

Noble David Cook author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:7th Jun '04

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A thorough examination of the catastrophic numerical decline of the native population of Peru, first published in 1982.

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.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.

ISBN: 9780521523141

Dimensions: 217mm x 139mm x 20mm

Weight: 431g

324 pages