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Indigenous struggle at the heart of Brazil : state policy, frontier expansion, and the Xavante Indians, 1937-1988 / Seth Garfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garfield, Seth, 1967-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Xavante Indians--Government relations.
- Xavante Indians.
- Indians of South America--Brazil--Government relations.
- Indians of South America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How the Xavante Indians have reshaped the Brazilian government's policies of nationalism and assimiliation.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Indians and the Nation-State in Brazil
- 1 "The Base of Our National Character": Indians and the Estado Novo, 1937-1945
- 2 "Pacifying" the Xavante, 1941-1966
- 3 "The Father of the Family Provoking Opposition": State Efforts to Remake the Xavante, 1946-1961
- 4 "Noble Gestures of Independence and Pride": Land Policies in Mato Grosso, 1946-1964
- 5 "Brazilindians": Accommodation with Waradzu, 1950-1964
- 6 "Where the Earth Touches the Sky": New Horizons for Indigenous Policy under EarlyMilitary Rule, 1964-1973
- 7 The Exiles Return, 1972-1980
- 8 The Xavante Project, 1978-1988
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-305) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613062246
- 9781283062244
- 1283062240
- 9780822381419
- 0822381419
- OCLC:
- 191222254
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