Overview

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.

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Author:   Susan C. Stonich ,  Susan C. Stonich
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.542kg
ISBN:  

9780313308567

ISBN 10:   031330856
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   28 February 2001
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Foreword Introduction by Susan C. Stonich Mexicans The Mayans of Central Quintana Roo by David Barton Bray The Rural People of Mexico's Northwest Coast by Maria L. Cruz-Torres Villagers at the Edge of Mexico City by Scott S. Robinson Central Americans Artisanal Fisherfolk of the Gulf of Fonseca by Jorge Varela Marquez, Kate Cissna, and Susan C. Stonich The English-Speaking Bay Islanders by Susan C. Stonich The Miskito of Honduras and Nicaragua by David J. Dodds Indigenous and Latino Peoples of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras by Peter H. Herlihy The Ngobe of Western Panama by John R. Bort and Philip D. Young The Kuna of Panama by James Howe The Tz'utujil Maya of Guatemala by James Loucky South Americans The Awa of Ecuador by Janet M. Chernela The Otavalenos of the Ecuadorian Highlands by Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld The Quechua of the Peruvian Andes by Paul H. Gelles Index

Reviews

.,. this textbook format publication provides an intriguing look at specific challenges for cultural survival by different segments of the population in Latin America. -Human Rights Quarterly ?...this textbook format publication provides an intriguing look at specific challenges for cultural survival by different segments of the population in Latin America.?-Human Rights Quarterly ?This volume includes groups not easily found in other sources, such as the Mayans of Central Quintana Roo, the rural people of Mexico's Northwest Coast and the villagers at the edge of Mexico City. Other groups are from Central and South America. The essays are well written and researched, are current, and contain country maps. They are interesting enough for a high school student to read, and they provide an appropriate background when contrasted with other cultures. Recommended.?-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher ... this textbook format publication provides an intriguing look at specific challenges for cultural survival by different segments of the population in Latin America. -Human Rights Quarterly This volume includes groups not easily found in other sources, such as the Mayans of Central Quintana Roo, the rural people of Mexico's Northwest Coast and the villagers at the edge of Mexico City. Other groups are from Central and South America. The essays are well written and researched, are current, and contain country maps. They are interesting enough for a high school student to read, and they provide an appropriate background when contrasted with other cultures. Recommended. -Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher

This volume includes groups not easily found in other sources, such as the Mayans of Central Quintana Roo, the rural people of Mexico's Northwest Coast and the villagers at the edge of Mexico City. Other groups are from Central and South America. The essays are well written and researched, are current, and contain country maps. They are interesting enough for a high school student to read, and they provide an appropriate background when contrasted with other cultures. Recommended. -Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher ... this textbook format publication provides an intriguing look at specific challenges for cultural survival by different segments of the population in Latin America. -Human Rights Quarterly ?...this textbook format publication provides an intriguing look at specific challenges for cultural survival by different segments of the population in Latin America.?-Human Rights Quarterly ?This volume includes groups not easily found in other sources, such as the Mayans of Central Quintana Roo, the rural people of Mexico's Northwest Coast and the villagers at the edge of Mexico City. Other groups are from Central and South America. The essays are well written and researched, are current, and contain country maps. They are interesting enough for a high school student to read, and they provide an appropriate background when contrasted with other cultures. Recommended.?-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher .,. this textbook format publication provides an intriguing look at specific challenges for cultural survival by different segments of the population in Latin America. -Human Rights Quarterly

.,. this textbook format publication provides an intriguing look at specific challenges for cultural survival by different segments of the population in Latin America. -Human Rights Quarterly

Author Information

SUSAN C. STONICH is Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara./e

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