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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      02 December 2009
      25 February 1982
      ISBN:
      9780511572715
      9780521239950
      9780521523141
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511572715
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.53kg, 322 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.431kg, 324 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Latin American Studies, History, Regional History after 1500, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Latin American History
      Series:
      Cambridge Latin American Studies (41)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Latin American Studies, History, Regional History after 1500, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Latin American History
    Series:
    Cambridge Latin American Studies (41)
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    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.

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