Landscapes of power and identity : comparative histories in the Sonoran desert and the forests of Amazonia from colony to republic / Cynthia Radding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radding Murrieta, Cynthia.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape changes--Mexico--Sonora (State).

Landscape changes.

Landscape changes--Bolivia--Chiquitos (Province).

Land use--Mexico--Sonora (State).

Land use.

Land use--Bolivia--Chiquitos (Province).

Landscape ecology--Mexico--Sonora (State).

Landscape ecology.

Landscape ecology--Bolivia--Chiquitos (Province).

Sonora (Mexico : State)--Social conditions.

Sonora (Mexico : State).

Sonora (Mexico : State)--Environmental conditions.

Chiquitos (Bolivia : Province)--History.

Chiquitos (Bolivia : Province).

Chiquitos (Bolivia : Province)--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comparative frontier history explores the role that natural environments played in shaping the contours of European-indigenous encounters and processes of colonization.

Contents:

Introduction: Savannas and Deserts, Two Histories of Cultural Landscapes

1 Ecological and Cultural Frontiers in Sonora and Chiquitos

2 Political Economy: Communities, Missions, and Colonial Markets

3 Territory: Community and Conflicting Claims to Property

4 Ethnic Mosaics and Gendered Identities

5 Power Negotiated, Power Defied: Political Culture, Governance, and Mobilization

6 Priests and Shamans: Spiritual Power, Ritual, and Knowledge

7 Postcolonial Landscapes: Transitions from Colony to Republic

8 Contested Landscapes in Continental Borderlands.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-421) and index.

ISBN:

9780822387404

0822387409

OCLC:

650002021