Surviving Globalization in Three Latin American Communities / Denis L. Heyck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyck, Denis L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects--Latin America.

Globalization.

Rubber tappers--Brazil.

Rubber tappers.

Guarani Indians--Bolivia.

Guarani Indians.

Women in cooperative societies--Nicaragua.

Women in cooperative societies.

Rubber tappers--Brazil--Interviews.

Guarani Indians--Bolivia--Interviews.

Women--Nicaragua--Interviews.

Women.

Latin America--Commerce.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalization has reached even the most remote areas of Latin America, pushing traditional peoples and habitats to the brink of extinction and offering a stark choice: adapt or perish. Local communities are scrambling to adjust to new market and social realities while trying to hold on to those cultural values that they regard as non-negotiable. This book tells the important story of three Latin American communities experiencing globalization at the point of contact between tradition and modernity: Brazil's rubber tappers, Bolivia's Guaraní Indians, and Nicaragua's women cooperativists. Through exclusive, in-depth interviews, Heyck describes globalization and development in the words of people who are experiencing these forces at the grassroots level. The result is a multifaceted understanding of local and global connections and of the human, cultural, and religious dimensions of globalization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Brazil

Interviews

Conclusion

Part II. Bolivia

Part III. Nicaragua

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

1-4426-0216-3

OCLC:

180704454