Peoples of the Gran Chaco / edited by Elmer S. Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Elmer S., 1931-

Series:

Native peoples of the Americas 1521-5091

Native peoples of the Americas, 1521-5091

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Gran Chaco.

Indians of South America.

Physical Description:

xii, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1999.

Summary:

Gives a broad overview of indigenous populations of the Gran Chaco region of Argentina both in historical and contemporary perspectives.

Contents:

1. Ethnohistorical Introduction / Jose Braunstein, Elmer S. Miller 1

2. Foraging in Town: Survival Strategies among the 'Weenhayek of Bolivia and Argentina / Jan-Ake Alvarsson 23

3. The Morality of the Enxet People of the Paraguayan Chaco and Their Resistance to Assimilation / Stephen W. Kidd 37

4. The Capitania of the Izozo: The Struggle for Political Autonomy among the Guarani Indians of Eastern Bolivia / Silvia Maria Hirsch 61

5. The Western Toba: Family Life and Subsistence of a Former Hunter-Gatherer Society / Marcela Mendoza 81

6. Argentina's Eastern Toba: Vitalizing Ethnic Consciousness and Determination / Elmer S. Miller 109

7. Histories of Buenos Aires / Pablo G. Wright 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0897895320

OCLC:

39724238