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Endangered peoples of Latin America : struggles to survive and thrive / edited by Susan C. Stonich.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series.
- The Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series, 1525-1233
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians, Treatment of--Latin America.
- Indians, Treatment of.
- Indigenous peoples--Social conditions.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indigenous peoples--Government relations.
- Latin America--Ethnic relations.
- Latin America.
- Latin America--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Latin America comprises varied biophysical environments and diverse populations living in widely disparate economic circumstances. Endangered Peoples of Latin America: Struggles to Survive and Thrive includes peoples hit hardest by the current globalization trend. Each chapter profiles a specific people or peoples with a cultural overview of their history, subsistence strategies, social and political organization, and religion and world view; threats to their survival; and responses to these threats. A section entitled Food for Thought provides questions that encourage a personal engagement with the experiences of these peoples, and a resource guide suggests further reading and lists films and videos and pertinent organizations and web sites. As the curriculum expands to include more multicultural and indigenous peoples, this unique volume will be valuable to both students and teachers.
- Contents:
- Cover
- ENDANGERED PEOPLES of Latin America
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Introduction
- LATIN AMERICA'S SHARED PROBLEMS
- Economic Growth Along with Increasing Unemployment and Continuing Poverty
- Rural and Urban Poverty
- Environment and Health
- Hunger and Food Security
- Environmental Degradation
- Environment and Indigenous Peoples
- THREATS AND RESPONSES
- NOTES
- MEXICANS
- Chapter 1 The Mayans of Central Quintana Roo
- CULTURAL OVERVIEW
- The People
- The Setting
- Traditional Subsistence Strategies
- Social and Political Organization
- Religion and World View
- THREATS TO SURVIVAL
- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE CULTURALLY
- FOOD FOR THOUGHT
- Questions
- RESOURCE GUIDE
- Published Literature
- Videos and Films
- WWW Sites
- Organizations
- Chapter 2 The Rural People of Mexico's Northwest Coast
- Fishing
- Organization of Production
- Farming
- Aquaculture and Other Sources of Income
- Household and Community Levels
- Environmental Awareness
- Videos
- Chapter 3 Villagers at the Edge of Mexico City
- CENTRAL AMERICANS
- Chapter 4 Artisanal Fisherfolk of the Gulf of Fonseca
- Traditional Subsistence Strategies.
- Social and Political Organization
- Recent Events and Conditions
- Expansion of the Honduran Shrimp Industry
- Shrimp Farms Are Aquatic Feedlots
- Environmental and Social Problems Associated with Shrimp Farming
- The Evolution of Organized Resistance
- The Global Context
- The Bioregional Context
- The National Context
- Chapter 5 The English-Speaking Bay Islanders
- Traditional Subsistence Activities
- Chapter 6 The Miskito of Honduras and Nicaragua
- Dangers of Lobster Work
- Natural Resource Needs and Legal Protection
- Population Growth, Traditional Agriculture, and Conservation
- Chapter 7 Indigenous and Ladino Peoples of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
- Miskito
- Pech
- Garifuna
- Ladinos
- RESPONSE: STRUGGLES TO SUSTAIN CULTURAL SURVIVAL
- Participatory Mapping and Zoning
- Chapter 8 The Ngóbe of Western Panama
- The People.
- The Setting
- Demographic Trends
- Current Events and Conditions
- Environmental Crisis
- Sociocultural Crisis
- Individual Responses
- Agricultural Intensification and Production for Markets
- Seasonal Wage Labor Migration in Panama and Costa Rica
- Permanent Emigration
- Group Responses: Political Organization
- Chapter 9 The Kuna of Panama
- Intrusions and Invasions
- Tourism
- Government Threats to Kuna Yala
- The Mola Cooperative
- The PEMASKY Project
- The General Congress as Defender of Kuna Yala
- Film
- Chapter 10 The Tz'utujil Maya of Guatemala
- Heritage of Conquest
- Economic Strains and Strengths
- Cultural Revitalization
- Tz'utujil Developments
- SOUTH AMERICANS
- Chapter 11 The Awa of Ecuador
- The Setting.
- Traditional Subsistence Strategies
- Chapter 12 The Otavaleños of the Ecuadorian Highlands
- Demographic Trends and Environmental Problems
- Economic Cycles and Indigenous Peoples
- The Case of Belt Weaving, 1978-1998
- Political Strategies
- Economic Strategies
- Social Strategies
- Video
- Chapter 13 The Quechua of the Peruvian Andes
- Population Growth, Water Politics, and the Peruvian State
- The Majes Conflict
- Peasant Resistance
- Land Recovery
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Contributors
- Recent Titles in The Greenwood Press "Endangered Peoples of the World" Series.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400645853
- 9786610637348
- 9781280637346
- 128063734X
- 9780313016547
- 0313016542
- OCLC:
- 54026351
- Publisher Number:
- 10.5040/9798400645853 doi
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