Endangered peoples of Latin America [[electronic resource] ] : struggles to survive and thrive / / edited by Susan C. Stonich

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809202503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn, : Greenwood Press, 2001
• ISBN: 1-280-63734-X; 9786610637348; 0-313-01654-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Collana: The Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series, , 1525-1233
• Altri autori (Persone): StonichSusan C
• Disciplina: 323.1/19808
• Soggetti: Indians, Treatment of - Latin America; Indians - Social conditions; Indians - Government relations; Latin America Ethnic relations; Latin America Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- ENDANGERED PEOPLES of Latin America -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Introduction -- LATIN AMERICA'S SHARED PROBLEMS -- Economic Growth Along with Increasing Unemployment and Continuing Poverty -- Rural and Urban Poverty -- Environment and Health -- Hunger and Food Security -- Environmental Degradation -- Environment and Indigenous Peoples -- THREATS AND RESPONSES -- NOTES -- MEXICANS -- Chapter 1 The Mayans of Central Quintana Roo -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- Videos and Films -- WWW Sites -- Organizations -- Chapter 2 The Rural People of Mexico's Northwest Coast -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Fishing -- Organization of Production -- Farming -- Aquaculture and Other Sources of Income -- ; Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- Household and Community Levels -- Environmental Awareness -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- Videos -- WWW Sites -- Chapter 3 Villagers at the Edge of Mexico City -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- WWW Sites -- CENTRAL AMERICANS -- Chapter 4 Artisanal Fisherfolk of the Gulf of Fonseca -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies.; Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- Recent Events and Conditions -- Expansion of the Honduran Shrimp Industry -- Shrimp Farms Are Aquatic Feedlots -- Environmental and Social Problems Associated with Shrimp Farming -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- The Evolution of Organized Resistance -- The Global Context -- The Bioregional Context -- The National Context -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- WWW Sites -- Chapter 5 The English-Speaking Bay Islanders -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Activities -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- WWW Sites -- Chapter 6 The Miskito of Honduras and Nicaragua -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- Dangers of Lobster Work -- Natural Resource Needs and Legal Protection -- Population Growth, Traditional Agriculture, and Conservation -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- Videos and Films -- WWW Sites -- Chapter 7 Indigenous and Ladino Peoples of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- Miskito -- Pech -- Garifuna -- Ladinos -- The Setting -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SUSTAIN CULTURAL SURVIVAL -- Participatory Mapping and Zoning -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- WWW Sites -- Chapter 8 The Ngóbe of Western Panama -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People.; The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- Demographic Trends -- Current Events and Conditions -- Environmental Crisis -- Sociocultural Crisis -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- Individual Responses -- Agricultural Intensification and Production for Markets -- Seasonal Wage Labor Migration in Panama and Costa Rica -- Permanent Emigration -- Group Responses: Political Organization -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- WWW Sites -- Organizations -- Chapter 9 The Kuna of Panama -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- Intrusions and Invasions -- Tourism -- Government Threats to Kuna Yala -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO ; SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- The Mola Cooperative -- The PEMASKY Project -- The General Congress as Defender of Kuna Yala -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- Film -- WWW Sites -- Chapter 10 The Tz'utujil Maya of Guatemala -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- Demographic Trends -- Heritage of Conquest -- Current Events and Conditions -- Environmental Crisis -- Sociocultural Crisis -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- Economic Strains and Strengths -- Cultural Revitalization -- Tz'utujil Developments -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- Videos and Films -- WWW Sites -- Organizations -- SOUTH AMERICANS -- Chapter 11 The Awa of Ecuador -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting.; Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- Videos and Films -- WWW Sites -- Chapter 12 The Otavaleños of the Ecuadorian Highlands -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- Demographic Trends and Environmental Problems -- Economic Cycles and Indigenous Peoples -- The Case of Belt Weaving, 1978-1998 -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- Political Strategies -- Economic Strategies -- Social Strategies -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- Video -- WWW Sites -- Organizations -- Chapter 13 The Quechua of the Peruvian Andes -- CULTURAL OVERVIEW -- The People -- The Setting -- Traditional Subsistence Strategies -- Social and Political Organization -- Religion and World View -- THREATS TO SURVIVAL -- Population Growth, Water Politics, and the Peruvian State -- The Majes Conflict -- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY -- Peasant Resistance -- Land Recovery -- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Questions -- NOTES -- RESOURCE GUIDE -- Published Literature -- Videos and Films -- WWW Sites -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Contributors -- Recent Titles in The Greenwood Press "Endangered Peoples of the World" Series.