For almost four centuries, the indigenous Chiripa (Guarani) people of eastern Paraguay have maintained themselves as a distinct society and culture, despite continual and often intense relations with Paraguayan society and the international economy. In this study, Richard K. Reed explores the economic and social basis for this ethnic autonomy.
Reed finds that Chiripa economic power derives from their practice of commercial agroforestry. Unlike Latin American indigenous societies that have been forced to clear land for commercial agriculture, the Chiripa continue to harvest and sell...
For almost four centuries, the indigenous Chiripa (Guarani) people of eastern Paraguay have maintained themselves as a distinct society and culture...
