Indigenous Alliance Making: Histories of Agency in Colonial Lowland South America - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:James Andrew Whitaker (Editor), Mark Harris (Editor)Publish date:10/14/2025Pages:202
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Arizona PressISBN-13:9780816555024ISBN-10:816555028UPC:9780816555024Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Latin America, Indigenous StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & Social, South AmericaSize:8.98 x 5.91 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCQWE8JPYY
Indigenous Alliance Making: Histories of Agency in Colonial Lowland South America
During the colonial and postcolonial eras, local people in lowland South America experienced exploitation from outsiders. But as new kinds of societies emerged from engagements between outside and Indigenous communities, Indigenous Amazonians formed strategic alliances to defend livelihoods, territory, and symbolic values, as well as to curb exploitation, predation, and threats.
The contributor...Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Arizona PressISBN-13:9780816555024ISBN-10:816555028UPC:9780816555024Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Latin America, Indigenous StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & Social, South AmericaSize:8.98 x 5.91 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCQWE8JPYY
James Andrew Whitaker is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is also an honorary research fellow at the University of St Andrews. Mark Harris is a professor of historical anthropology at Monash University and an honorary professorial research fellow at the University of St Andrews. His research focuses on the Brazilian Amazon and what makes it a...
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