Spell of the Urubamba Anthropogeographical Essays on an Andean Valley in Space and Time

“This monograph on the Urubamba Valley—consisting of 354 pages, with several instructive maps and photographs—clearly contributes to a better understanding of the nature/culture gestalt in the southern Peruvian Andes. … Spell of the Urubamba is highly recommended to all those interested in Central Andean nature and culture.” (Andreas Haller, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 38 (1), 2018)

“Spell of the Urubamba is highly valuable as a unique type of reference work … . The book is lavishly illustrated. … Historians of geography and human-environmental scholarship, as well as researchers of diverse disciplines and interdisciplinary domains interested in Peru–such as archaeology, anthropology, agrobiodiversity studies, botany, ecology, ethnobotany, geosciences, history, and tourism studies–will find notes on undertakings in the Urubamba Valley of a number of well-known figures … .” (Karl S. Zimmerer, The AAG Review of Books, Vol. 4 (3), July, 2016)