Upriver : the turbulent life and times of an Amazonian people /

[Description]In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajun--renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence--use hard-won political savvy, literacy, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Michael F. (Michael Fobes), 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Indians of South America > Peru > Amazonas > Social conditions.
Indians of South America > Peru > Amazonas > Social life and customs.
Indians of South America > Peru > Amazonas > Folklore.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Indians of South America
Indians of South America > Social conditions
Indians of South America > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Indigenes Volk
Aguaruna-Sprache
Alltag
Ritual
Soziokultureller Wandel
Amazonas (Peru) > Social conditions.
Amazonas (Peru) > Social life and customs.
Amazonas (Pérou) > Conditions sociales.
Amazonas (Pérou) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Peru > Amazonas
Amazonas
Peru
Electronic books.
Folklore
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:[Description]In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajun--renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence--use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674735583
0674735587
067436807X
9780674368071

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