Decolonizing development : colonial power and the Maya / / Joel Wainwright

• Autore: Wainwright Joel
• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2008]; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.897427072824
• Soggetto topico: Mayas - Belize - Toledo District - Economic conditions; Mayas - Agriculture - Belize - Toledo District; Mayas - Belize - Toledo District - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Toledo District (Belize) Colonial influence; Toledo District (Belize) Economic conditions; Toledo District (Belize) Social conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Unsettling the Colonial geographies of southern Belize -- The matter of the Maya farm system -- An archaeology of Mayanism -- From colonial to development knowledge : Charles Wright and the battles over the Columbia River Forest -- Settling : fieldwork in the ruins of development -- Finishing the critique of cultural ecology : reading the Maya Atlas.
• Sommario/riassunto: Decolonizing Development investigates the ways colonialism shaped the modern world by analyzing the relationship between colonialism and development as forms of power.:.; Based on novel interpretations of postcolonial and Marxist theory and applied to original research data.; Amply supplemented with maps and illustrations.; An intriguing and invaluable resource for scholars of postcolonialism, development, geography, and the Maya
• Titolo autorizzato: Decolonizing development
• ISBN: 1-4443-9979-9; 1-281-84074-2; 9786611840747; 0-470-71295-3; 0-470-71270-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830380803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Antipode book series.