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Endangered Peoples of Latin America: Struggles to Survive and Thrive (Greenwood Press "Endangered Peoples of the World)by Susan C Stonich
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Latin America comprises varied biophysical environments and diverse populations living in widely disparate economic circumstances. Endangered Peoples of Latin America: Struggles to Survive and Thrive includes peoples hit hardest by the current globalization trend. Each chapter profiles a specific people or peoples with a cultural overview of their history, subsistence strategies, social and political organization, and religion and world view; threats to their survival; and responses to these threats. A section entitled Food for Thought provides questions that encourage a personal engagement with the experiences of these peoples, and a resource guide suggests further reading and lists films and videos and pertinent organizations and web sites. As the curriculum expands to include more multicultural and indigenous peoples, this unique volume will be valuable to both students and teachers.
Book News Annotation:Based upon recent fieldwork, 13 contributions from anthropologists describe conditions facing indigenous and marginalized groups in Mexico, Central America, and South America. They discuss the negative effects of globalization on local economies and environments, on health and nutrition, and on control of land and other natural resources. Some of the groups profiled include the Mayans of Central Quintana Roo in Mexico, artisanal fisherfolk of the Gulf of Fonseca, the Kuna of Panama, and the Quechua of the Peruvian Andes.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Endangered Peoples of Latin America: Struggles to Survive and Thrive offers rare insight into indigenous and marginalized groups in Mexico, Central America, and South America. This volume focuses on more than 13 endangered peoples, from the Mayans of Central Quintana Roo, in Mexico, to the Quechua of the Peruvian Andes. Globalization has had negative effects on local economies and environments, on health and nutrition, and on control of land and other natural resources, and students and other interested readers will learn how these groups have responded to the various threats. The chapters are written by anthropologists based on their recent fieldwork, which guarantees unparalleled accuracy and immediacy.
Synopsis:Rare insight on how some of Latin America's indigenous and marginalized groups struggle to survive and thrive.
About the AuthorSUSAN C. STONICH is Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Table of ContentsSeries Foreword
Introduction by Susan C. Stonich Mexicans The Mayans of Central Quintana Roo by David Barton Bray The Rural People of Mexico's Northwest Coast by Maria L. Cruz-Torres Villagers at the Edge of Mexico City by Scott S. Robinson Central Americans Artisanal Fisherfolk of the Gulf of Fonseca by Jorge Varela Marquez, Kate Cissna, and Susan C. Stonich The English-Speaking Bay Islanders by Susan C. Stonich The Miskito of Honduras and Nicaragua by David J. Dodds Indigenous and Latino Peoples of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras by Peter H. Herlihy The Ngobe of Western Panama by John R. Bort and Philip D. Young The Kuna of Panama by James Howe The Tz'utujil Maya of Guatemala by James Loucky South Americans The Awa of Ecuador by Janet M. Chernela The Otavalenos of the Ecuadorian Highlands by Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld The Quechua of the Peruvian Andes by Paul H. Gelles Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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