Lines in the Water

Ben Orlove is Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis, and Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. Among his previous books are State, Capital, and Rural Society: Anthropological Perspectives on Political Economy in Mexico and the Andes (1989), which he coedited, and In My Father's Study (1995).

• List of Illustrations Preface: Lakes 1. Not Forgetting 2. Mountains 3. Names 4. Work 5. Fish 6. Reeds 7. Paths Notes Acknowledgments Index

"Lines in the Water is both an unusually thoughtful book and a major contribution to the discussion on 'sustainable development."'-James Ferguson, author of Anthropological Locations; "Ben Orlove knows the cultural communities and landscapes of Lake Titicaca like the back of his hand, but relates them to an entire body of literature about lake-dwellingcultures. His thematic approach to mountains, water, names and other elements of the Titicaca environs makes for rich reading and provocative debate. This book takes the field of political ethno-ecology to heights never before imagined by other practitioners."-Gary Nabhan, author of Cultures of Habitat and Coming Home to Eat; "In this illuminating account...Ben Orlove draws on his curiosity and experience to offer the reader a rich sense of places, voices, sights, and even pathways... He provides an insightful ethnography, an imaginative achievement, and a fine read."-Stephen Gudeman, author of The Anthropology of Economy; "A brave, accessible, and often lyrical account of Lake Titicaca and its people's successful struggle to manage their own resources. Orlove wears his deep learning lightly: a pleasure to read."-James C. Scott, Yale University