Endangered peoples of Latin America [[electronic resource] ] : struggles to survive and thrive / / edited by Susan C. Stonich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn, : Greenwood Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1/19808 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StonichSusan C |
Collana | The Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series |
Soggetto topico |
Indians, Treatment of - Latin America
Indians - Social conditions Indians - Government relations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-63734-X
9786610637348 0-313-01654-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456049003321 |
Westport, Conn, : Greenwood Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Endangered peoples of Latin America [[electronic resource] ] : struggles to survive and thrive / / edited by Susan C. Stonich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn, : Greenwood Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1/19808 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StonichSusan C |
Collana | The Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series |
Soggetto topico |
Indians, Treatment of - Latin America
Indians - Social conditions Indians - Government relations |
ISBN |
1-280-63734-X
9786610637348 0-313-01654-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780388103321 |
Westport, Conn, : Greenwood Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Endangered peoples of Latin America : struggles to survive and thrive / / edited by Susan C. Stonich |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn : , : Greenwood Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1/19808 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StonichSusan C |
Collana | The Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series |
Soggetto topico |
Indians, Treatment of - Latin America
Indians - Social conditions Indians - Government relations |
ISBN |
979-84-00-64585-3
1-280-63734-X 9786610637348 0-313-01654-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809202503321 |
Westport, Conn : , : Greenwood Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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