The Nature of Things · SEASON 21
The Foxes' Earth
Episode 17 · 1981-03-25
- Documentary
Episode overview
For centuries the people of the village of Huasicancha in Peru lived under the domination of others, from the last of the Inca rulers to the Spanish conquerors and subsequent regimes. How the people finally rose up to reclaim the poor land they farmed at a subsistence level is told in this documentary.
Season 21 episodes
1. Volcanoes / Hovercraft / Curve Balls / Windshear / Xerography1980-10-08
2. Cystic Fibrosis / Whooping Crane / Cold-Water Survival1980-10-15
3. Skin – The Bare Necessity / Manatees / Ludhiana1980-10-22
4. Tar Wars1980-10-29
5. Going Without Gas / Surface Tension / Science Fair1980-11-05
6. China Now – Its Roots in the Past (Part 1 of 2)1980-11-12
7. China Now – The Four Modernizations (Part 2 of 2)1980-11-19
8. Success Story / Sickle Cell Anemia1980-11-26
9. Freak Waves / Invisible Astronomy / Hildebrand1980-12-03
10. Prenatal Diagnosis / Hearing in Chinchillas1980-12-10
11. AAAS Report / One of the Family / Oyster Culture1981-01-07
12. Birds' Eggs / Newfoundland Oil / John Polanyi1981-01-14
13. Poisoned Playgrounds / Charlie1981-01-28
14. The Moving Still1981-02-11
15. Sri Lanka: Island of Serendib1981-02-18
16. Blackfly / Desalination / Memory – Come to think of it / Dr. Karl Illmensee1981-03-11
17. The Foxes' Earth1981-03-25
