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Surviving Globalization in Three Latin American Communities.

Globalization has reached even the most remote areas of Latin America, pushing traditional peoples and habitats to the brink of extinction and offering a stark choice: adapt or perish. Local communities are scrambling to adjust to new market and social realities while trying to hold on to those cult...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heyck, Denis L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press Higher Education, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Globalization has reached even the most remote areas of Latin America, pushing traditional peoples and habitats to the brink of extinction and offering a stark choice: adapt or perish. Local communities are scrambling to adjust to new market and social realities while trying to hold on to those cultural values that they regard as non-negotiable. This book tells the important story of three Latin American communities experiencing globalization at the point of contact between tradition and modernity: Brazil's rubber tappers, Bolivia's Guaraní Indians, and Nicaragua's women cooperativists. Through exclusive, in-depth interviews, Heyck describes globalization and development in the words of people who are experiencing these forces at the grassroots level. The result is a multifaceted understanding of local and global connections and of the human, cultural, and religious dimensions of globalization.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages)
ISBN:9781442602168
1442602163