09232nam 22006734a 450 991080920250332120240410143813.01-280-63734-X97866106373480-313-01654-2(CKB)111087027037228(OCoLC)54026351(CaPaEBR)ebrary10018044(SSID)ssj0000147058(PQKBManifestationID)11136397(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147058(PQKBWorkID)10013866(PQKB)11340304(MiAaPQ)EBC3000674(Au-PeEL)EBL3000674(CaPaEBR)ebr10018044(CaONFJC)MIL63734(EXLCZ)9911108702703722820000316d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEndangered peoples of Latin America struggles to survive and thrive /edited by Susan C. Stonich1st ed.Westport, Conn Greenwood Press20011 online resource (257 p.) The Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series,1525-1233Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-313-30856-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series.Indians, Treatment ofLatin AmericaIndiansSocial conditionsIndiansGovernment relationsLatin AmericaEthnic relationsLatin AmericaPolitics and governmentIndians, Treatment ofIndiansSocial conditions.IndiansGovernment relations.323.1/19808Stonich Susan C1596526MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809202503321Endangered peoples of Latin America3917912UNINA