Victims of progress /

This compelling account of the effect of technology and development on Indigenous peoples throughout the world examines major issues of intervention: social engineering, economic development, self-determination, health and disease, and ecocide. Victims of Progress provides a provocative context in w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bodley, John H. (John Harry), 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]
Edición:Sixth edition.
Temas:
Indigenous peoples.
Culture conflict.
Acculturation.
Social change.
Conflit culturel.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Acculturation
Culture conflict
Indigenous peoples
Social change
Indigenes Volk
Soziokultureller Wandel
Soziale Bewegung
Politische Mobilisierung
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Indigenous peoples and culture scale
  • Progress and Indigenous peoples
  • The uncontrolled frontier
  • We fought with spears
  • The extension of government control
  • Land policies
  • Cultural modification policies
  • Economic globalization
  • The price of progress
  • The political struggle for Indigenous self-determination
  • Petroleum, the commercial world, and Indigenous peoples
  • Global warming and Indigenous peoples
  • Human rights and the politics of ethnocide
  • Appendix A: Petition for support in opposition to Belo Monte Dam (Brazil)
  • Appendix B: Declaration regarding mining and development in Amazonian Peru and Ecuador border regions
  • Appendix C: Selected websites of Indigenous people and support organizations
  • Appendix D: Selected sources for online videos on Indigenous peoples.

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