Indigenous settlers of the Galápagos : conservation law, race, and society / Pilar Sánchez Voelkl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanchez Voelkl, Pilar.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples.

Nature conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Lexington Books, 2022.

Summary:

"Pilar Sánchez Voelkl offers an anthropological account of the early arrival and prominence of Indigenous peoples in the Galápagos Islands. Their history and everyday life reveal how multiple notions of nature, race, and society travel and meet, shaping the way conservation thought is translated into law"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Indigenous settlers of the Galápagos

Ecuadorian colonization

Science takes on the Galápagos

From the Andean Highlands to the Galápagos Islands

Salasaca Colonos

The disappearing "Colono"

Translating conservation law

Conclusion: This other Eden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-66699-727-7

1-66690-660-3

OCLC:

1501680343