Author: Devin A. Dugan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557014530
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
A Brazilian military regime thought to have been eradicated years ago has resurfaced. This underground repression agency is believed to be behind the recent attacks on several indigenous tribes throughout the Amazon. Soon these attacks reach the small village of Malocas where three Peace Corps volunteers are stationed. To make matters worse, the CEO of an American based business seems to be financially backing this insurgency, with aspirations of having unrestricted and monopolized access to the vast resources of the rainforest. It appears that someone is pitting everyone involved against each other; the military faction, the Fortune 500 Company, the Peace Corps, and their volunteers. These three volunteers -- a spoiled alcoholic playboy, a small town girl with a family secret, and a Peace Corps veteran -- are the only ones who may be able to end this prolonged foray and stop the rainforest from being completely destroyed. Sometimes even on a mission of peace, war is inevitable.
The Malocas Mission (2nd Edition)
Author: Devin A. Dugan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557014530
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
A Brazilian military regime thought to have been eradicated years ago has resurfaced. This underground repression agency is believed to be behind the recent attacks on several indigenous tribes throughout the Amazon. Soon these attacks reach the small village of Malocas where three Peace Corps volunteers are stationed. To make matters worse, the CEO of an American based business seems to be financially backing this insurgency, with aspirations of having unrestricted and monopolized access to the vast resources of the rainforest. It appears that someone is pitting everyone involved against each other; the military faction, the Fortune 500 Company, the Peace Corps, and their volunteers. These three volunteers -- a spoiled alcoholic playboy, a small town girl with a family secret, and a Peace Corps veteran -- are the only ones who may be able to end this prolonged foray and stop the rainforest from being completely destroyed. Sometimes even on a mission of peace, war is inevitable.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557014530
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
A Brazilian military regime thought to have been eradicated years ago has resurfaced. This underground repression agency is believed to be behind the recent attacks on several indigenous tribes throughout the Amazon. Soon these attacks reach the small village of Malocas where three Peace Corps volunteers are stationed. To make matters worse, the CEO of an American based business seems to be financially backing this insurgency, with aspirations of having unrestricted and monopolized access to the vast resources of the rainforest. It appears that someone is pitting everyone involved against each other; the military faction, the Fortune 500 Company, the Peace Corps, and their volunteers. These three volunteers -- a spoiled alcoholic playboy, a small town girl with a family secret, and a Peace Corps veteran -- are the only ones who may be able to end this prolonged foray and stop the rainforest from being completely destroyed. Sometimes even on a mission of peace, war is inevitable.
Indigenous Rights and Development
Author: Andrew Gray
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571818379
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The Arakmbut are an indigenous people in the southeastern Peruvian rain forest who have survived with their culture intact despite encounters with missionaries since the 1950s and a gold rush into their territory over the past 15 years. This final volume of the series looks at the growing consciousness among the Arakmbut of their own rights and the growing development of indigenous rights internationally, and describes the importance of the invisible spirit world in the Arakmbut legal system. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571818379
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The Arakmbut are an indigenous people in the southeastern Peruvian rain forest who have survived with their culture intact despite encounters with missionaries since the 1950s and a gold rush into their territory over the past 15 years. This final volume of the series looks at the growing consciousness among the Arakmbut of their own rights and the growing development of indigenous rights internationally, and describes the importance of the invisible spirit world in the Arakmbut legal system. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Arakmbut of Amazonian Peru
Author: Andrew Gray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mashco Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mashco Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Yanoama in Brazil, 1979
Author: Alcida Rita Ramos
Publisher: Copenhagen : International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs ; Cambridge, Mass. : Anthropology Resource Center
ISBN:
Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher: Copenhagen : International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs ; Cambridge, Mass. : Anthropology Resource Center
ISBN:
Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Hierarchy and Economy of the Uanano (Kotiria) Speaking Peoples of the Middle Uaupes Basin
Author: Janet Marion Chernela
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guanano Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guanano Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Into the Amazon
Author: Augusta Dwyer
Publisher: Seal Books
ISBN: 9780770424213
Category : Amazon River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher: Seal Books
ISBN: 9780770424213
Category : Amazon River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Blacks of the Land
Author: John M. Monteiro
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108663257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Originally published in Portuguese in 1994 as Negros da Terra, this field-defining work by the late historian John M. Monteiro has been translated into English by Professors Barbara Weinstein and James Woodard. Monteiro's work established ethnohistory as a field in colonial Brazilian studies and made indigenous history a vital part of how scholars understand Brazil's colonial past. Drawing on over two dozen collections on both sides of the Atlantic, Monteiro rescued Indians from invisibility, documenting their role as both objects and actors in Brazil's colonial past and, most importantly, providing the first history of Indian slavery in Brazil. Monteiro demonstrates how Indian enslavement, not exploration or the search for mineral wealth, was the driving force behind expansion out of São Paulo and through the South American backcountry. This book makes a groundbreaking contribution not only to Latin American history, but to the history of indigenous slavery in the Americas generally.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108663257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Originally published in Portuguese in 1994 as Negros da Terra, this field-defining work by the late historian John M. Monteiro has been translated into English by Professors Barbara Weinstein and James Woodard. Monteiro's work established ethnohistory as a field in colonial Brazilian studies and made indigenous history a vital part of how scholars understand Brazil's colonial past. Drawing on over two dozen collections on both sides of the Atlantic, Monteiro rescued Indians from invisibility, documenting their role as both objects and actors in Brazil's colonial past and, most importantly, providing the first history of Indian slavery in Brazil. Monteiro demonstrates how Indian enslavement, not exploration or the search for mineral wealth, was the driving force behind expansion out of São Paulo and through the South American backcountry. This book makes a groundbreaking contribution not only to Latin American history, but to the history of indigenous slavery in the Americas generally.
The Arakmbut--mythology, Spirituality, and History
Author: Andrew Gray
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571818768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Arakmbut are an indigenous people who live in the Madre de Dios region of thesoutheastern Peruvian rain forest. Since their first encounters with missionaries in the 1950s, they have shown resilience and a determination to affirm their identity in the face of many difficulties. During the last fifteen years, Arakmbut survival has been under threat from a goldrush that has attracted hundreds of colonists onto their territories. This trilogy of books traces the ways in which the Arakmbut overcome the dangers that surround them: their mythology and cultural strength; their social flexibility; and their capacity to incorporate non-indigenous concepts and activities into their defence strategies. Each area is punctuated by the constant presence of the invisible spirit, which provides a seamless theme connecting the books to each other. Following the Arakmbuts' recommendation, the author uses their three greatest myths to introduce social, cultural and historical aspects of their lives. He ends with a discussion of the relationship between myth and history showing how the Arakmbut recreate their myths at the dramatic moments of their history. Buy all three volumes for 20% discount
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571818768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Arakmbut are an indigenous people who live in the Madre de Dios region of thesoutheastern Peruvian rain forest. Since their first encounters with missionaries in the 1950s, they have shown resilience and a determination to affirm their identity in the face of many difficulties. During the last fifteen years, Arakmbut survival has been under threat from a goldrush that has attracted hundreds of colonists onto their territories. This trilogy of books traces the ways in which the Arakmbut overcome the dangers that surround them: their mythology and cultural strength; their social flexibility; and their capacity to incorporate non-indigenous concepts and activities into their defence strategies. Each area is punctuated by the constant presence of the invisible spirit, which provides a seamless theme connecting the books to each other. Following the Arakmbuts' recommendation, the author uses their three greatest myths to introduce social, cultural and historical aspects of their lives. He ends with a discussion of the relationship between myth and history showing how the Arakmbut recreate their myths at the dramatic moments of their history. Buy all three volumes for 20% discount
Language Planning and Policy in Latin America
Author: Richard B. Baldauf
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847690068
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This volume covers the language situation in Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay, explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of indigenous and non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous and/or have been participants in the language-planning context. This volume contains monographs on Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay, countries which are not well represented in the recent international language policy and planning literature, and draws together the existing published research in this field. The purpose of the area volumes in this series is to present up-to-date information on polities, particularly those that are not well known to researchers in the field, thereby providing descriptions of language planning and policy in countries around the world.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847690068
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This volume covers the language situation in Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay, explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of indigenous and non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous and/or have been participants in the language-planning context. This volume contains monographs on Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay, countries which are not well represented in the recent international language policy and planning literature, and draws together the existing published research in this field. The purpose of the area volumes in this series is to present up-to-date information on polities, particularly those that are not well known to researchers in the field, thereby providing descriptions of language planning and policy in countries around the world.
Annexé Au Mémoire Présenté Par Le Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique
Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description