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An Ancient World Preserved: Relics and Records of Prehistory in the Andesby Frederic EngelISBN 0517518740 (0-517-51874-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Argentina Since Independenceby Leslie BethellISBN 0521439884 (0-521-43988-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsinby David RockISBN 0520061780 (0-520-06178-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztecby Mary Ellen MillerISBN 0500203458 (0-500-20345-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Incaby Rebecca Stone-MillerISBN 0500203636 (0-500-20363-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Arts of the Amazonby Barbara Braun, Peter G. RoeISBN 0500278245 (0-500-27824-5)
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Banker to the Third World: U.S. Portfolio Investment in Latin America, 1900-1986by Barbara StallingsISBN 0520057260 (0-520-05726-0)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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Bringing the State Back inby Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Peter B. Evans, Theda SkocpolISBN 0521313139 (0-521-31313-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bringing the State Back in'Book summary:Until recently, dominant theoretical paradigms in the comparative social sciences did not highlight states as organizational structures or as potentially autonomous actors. Indeed, the term 'state' was rarely used. Current work, however, increasingly views the state as an agent which, although influenced by the society that surrounds it, also shapes social and political processes. The contributors to this volume, which includes some of the best recent interdisciplinary scholarship on states in relation to social structures, make use of theoretically engaged comparative and historical investigations to provide improved conceptualizations of states and how they operate. Each of the book's major parts presents a related set of analytical issues about modern states, which are explored in the context of a wide range of times and places, both contemporary and historical, and in developing and advanced-industrial nations. The first part examines state strategies in newly developing countries. The second part analyzes war making and state making in early modern Europe, and discusses states in relation to the post-World War II international economy. The third part pursues new insights into how states influence political cleavages and collective action. In the final chapter, the editors bring together the questions raised by the contributors and suggest tentative conclusions that emerge from an overview of all the articles. As a programmatic work that proposes new directions for the analysis of modern states, the volume will appeal to a wide range of teachers and students of political science, political economy, sociology, history, and anthropology. [via]
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Business Interest Groups in Nineteenth-Century Brazilby Eugene RidingsISBN 0521531292 (0-521-53129-2)
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Business Politics and the State in Twentieth-Century Latin Americaby Ben Ross SchneiderISBN 0521545005 (0-521-54500-5)
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C. 1870 to 1930by Leslie BethellISBN 0521232252 (0-521-23225-2)
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbeanby Thomas E. Skidmore, Simon Collier, Harold BlakemoreISBN 0521413222 (0-521-41322-2)
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Cambridge History of Latin America: From Independence to C. 1870by Leslie BethellISBN 0521232244 (0-521-23224-4)
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The Cambridge History of Latin America: Latin America Since 1930 Economy, Society and Politics/Part 2by Leslie BethellISBN 0521465567 (0-521-46556-7)
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The Cambridge History of Latin America: Latin America Since 1930 Economy, Society and Politics/Part Iby Leslie BethellISBN 0521232260 (0-521-23226-0)
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The Cambridge History of Latin America: Latin America Since 1930 Ideas, Culture and Societyby Leslie BethellISBN 0521495946 (0-521-49594-6)
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The Cambridge History of Latin America: Latin America Since 1930 Mexico, Central America and the Caribbeanby Leslie BethellISBN 0521245184 (0-521-24518-4)
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The Cambridge History of Latin America: Latin America Since 1930 Spanish South Americaby Leslie BethellISBN 0521266521 (0-521-26652-1)
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Canto Generalby Pablo Neruda, Jack SchmittISBN 0520227093 (0-520-22709-3)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Neruda was a kind of King Midas. Everything he touched turned to poetry, says Gabriel García Márquez, who also considers the Chilean Nobel laureate "the greatest poet of the twentieth century, in any language." [The Fragrance of Guava, 1983]. The Canto General, thought by many of Neruda's most prominent critics to be the poet's masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an entire continent and its people. The Canto speaks of the destiny of Latin American peoples and the life of the poet himself. Without question, this is one of the most important and powerful long poems written in the modern period.-
Castaways: The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vacaby Alvar Nunez Cabeza De VacaISBN 0520070631 (0-520-07063-1)
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In order to survive, Cabeza de Vaca joined native peoples along the way, learning their languages and practices and serving them as a slave and later as a physician. When after eight years he finally reached the West, he was not recognized by his compatriots.
In his writing Cabeza de Vaca displays great interest in the cultures of the native peoples he encountered on his odyssey. As he forged intimate bonds with some of them, sharing their brutal living conditions and curing their sick, he found himself on a voyage of self-discovery that was to make his reunion with his fellow Spaniards less joyful than expected.
Cabeza de Vaca's gripping narrative is a trove of ethnographic information, with descriptions and interpretations of native cultures that make it a powerful precursor to modern anthropology. Frances M. López-Morillas's translation beautifully captures the sixteenth-century original. Based as it is on Enrique Pupo-Walker's definitive critical edition, it promises to become the authoritative English translation.More editions of Castaways: The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca:
Central America Since Independenceby Leslie BethellISBN 0521413079 (0-521-41307-9)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640by Patricia SeedISBN 0521497574 (0-521-49757-4)
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Challenging the State: Crisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africaby Merilee Serrill GrindleISBN 0521559197 (0-521-55919-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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A Concise History of Mexico from Hidalgo to C-Ardenas: 1805-1940by Jan BazantISBN 0521291739 (0-521-29173-9)
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Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936by Lisbeth HaasISBN 0520207041 (0-520-20704-1)
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A Cultural History of Spanish America, from Conquest to Independence.by Mariano Picon-SalasISBN 0520010124 (0-520-01012-4)
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Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin Americaby Adam PrzeworskiISBN 052142335X (0-521-42335-X)
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Dependency and Development in Latin Americaby Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Faletto EnzoISBN 0520035275 (0-520-03527-5)
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Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economyby Kevin BalesISBN 0520243846 (0-520-24384-6)
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The exhaustive research in Disposable People shows that at least 27 million people are currently enslaved around the world. Bales, considered the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery, reveals the historical and economic conditions behind this resurgence. From Thailand, Mauritania, Brazil, Pakistan, and India, Bales has gathered stories of people in unthinkable conditions, kept in bondage to support their owners' lives. Bales insists that even a small effort from a large number of people could end slavery, and devotes a large chapter to explaining the practical means by which this might be accomplished. "Are we willing to live in a world with slaves?" he asks. As a sign of his commitment, all his royalties from Disposable People will go toward the fight against slavery. --Maria Dolan [via]
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The Economic History of Latin America Since Independenceby Victor Bulmer-ThomasISBN 0521532744 (0-521-53274-4)
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The Epic of Latin Americaby John A. CrowISBN 0520077237 (0-520-07723-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Europe and the People Without Historyby Eric R. WolfISBN 0520048989 (0-520-04898-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Fall of Natural Man: The American Indian and the Origins of Comparative Ethnologyby Anthony PagdenISBN 0521337046 (0-521-33704-6)
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False Necessity: Anti-Necessitarian Social Theory in the Service of Radical Democracyby Roberto Mangabeira UngerISBN 0521338638 (0-521-33863-8)
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False necessity is the central work in the three-volume series Politics. It presents both a way of explaining society and a program for changing it. The explanation develops a radical alternative to Marxism, showing how we can account for established social arrangements without denying their contingency or our freedom. The program offers a progressive alternative to the now-dominant ideological conceptions of neoliberalism and social democracy: a set of institutional innovations that would democratize markets, deepen democracy and empower individuals. [via]More editions of False Necessity: Anti-Necessitarian Social Theory in the Service of Radical Democracy:
The First America: The Spanish Monarchy, Creole Patriots, and the Liberal State 1492-1867by D. A. BradingISBN 0521447968 (0-521-44796-8)
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From Grandmother to Granddaughter: Salvadoran Women's Storiesby Michael Gorkin, Marta Pineda, Gloria LealISBN 0520222407 (0-520-22240-7)
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Graffiti Brasilby Tristan Manco, Caleb NeelonISBN 0500285748 (0-500-28574-8)
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History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Otherwise Called Americaby Jean De Lery, Janet WhatleyISBN 0520082745 (0-520-08274-5)
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The Hostageby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0515142409 (0-515-14240-9)
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Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting, and Reflecting on the Encounters Between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Eraby Stuart B. SchwartzISBN 0521458803 (0-521-45880-3)
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In the Name of Democracy: U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in the Reagan Yearsby Thomas CarothersISBN 0520082605 (0-520-08260-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Independence of Latin Americaby Leslie BethellISBN 0521349273 (0-521-34927-3)
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The Invention of Argentinaby Nicolas ShumwayISBN 0520082842 (0-520-08284-2)
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Journal of Christopher Columbusby Jane CecilISBN 0517696991 (0-517-69699-1)
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Latin American Insects and Entomologyby Charles L. HogueISBN 0520078497 (0-520-07849-7)
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Lines in the Water: Nature and Culture at Lake Titicacaby Benjamin S. OrloveISBN 0520229592 (0-520-22959-2)
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Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chileby Julia PaleyISBN 0520227689 (0-520-22768-9)
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Mexicoby Michael D. Coe, Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 0500273286 (0-500-27328-6)
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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecsby Michael D. Coe, Rex KoontzISBN 050028346X (0-500-28346-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs'Book summary:An introduction to Mexico's ancient civilizations. This companion volume to the author's book "The Maya" has been completely revised and expanded. Enlarged sections are included on early village life and the rise of Olmec civilization. Recent discoveries - such as the stela from La Mojarra inscribed in the mysterious Isthmian script or the mass sacrifice of 200 victims at Teotihuacan - receive full coverage. A new chapter on Aztec life and society has also been added. Despite the Spanish Conquest and ensuing epidemics, the natives of Mexico survived through the Colonial period. Describing their struggle in a new epilogue, the author shows how much the character of modern Mexico derives from its Pre-Colombian past. Other work by the author includes "Breaking the Maya Code". [via]
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The Military and the State in Latin Americaby Alain RouquieISBN 0520066642 (0-520-06664-2)
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The Missionby Robert BoltISBN 0515088773 (0-515-08877-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageographyby Martin W. Lewis, Karen E. WigenISBN 0520207432 (0-520-20743-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography'Book summary:If you consider geography an objective science, think again. According to Martin W. Lewis and Karen E. Wigen, even the concept of continents is open to interpretation. Why, for example, do Europeans consider their little peninsula a whole continent while the vast territories of India and China are mere subcontinents? Contrast this worldview with that of the Indian mapmakers who depicted South Asia as the world's largest land mass and Europe as marginalized "hat-wearing islands." During the Cold War, the world was even further divided, this time into first, second, and third worlds. But how you classify the various regions of the world, Lewis and Wigen posit in The Myth of Continents, depends very much on where you happen to be standing at the time.
Having bravely exposed the ethnocentrism at the heart of geography, Lewis and Wigen then offer up their own division of the globe based on "world regions" rather than continents. Under such a scheme, Europe would become Western Eurasia, while the Western Hemisphere would become North America, Ibero-America, and African-America (divisions based on linguistic, cultural, and/or racial criteria). Whether or not you agree with the authors' division of the world, The Myth of Continents is a lively and thought-provoking exploration of a subject many of us take for granted. After reading this book, you'll never look at a map of the world in quite the same way. [via]
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A New Time for Mexicoby Carlos FuentesISBN 0520211839 (0-520-21183-9)
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The Old World And the New, 1492-1650: Wiles Lecturesby J.H. ElliottISBN 0521427096 (0-521-42709-6)
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Plasticity into Power: Comparative-Historical Studies on the Institutional Conditions of Economic and Military Success Variations on Themes of Polby Roberto Mangabeira UngerISBN 0521338646 (0-521-33864-6)
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The Plumed Serpentby D. H. Lawrence, L.D. ClarkISBN 0521294223 (0-521-29422-3)
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The Plumed Serpent/Quetzalcoatlby D. H. Lawrence, L.D. ClarkISBN 0521222621 (0-521-22262-1)
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Political Survival: Politicians and Public Policy in Latin Americaby Barry AmesISBN 0520059743 (0-520-05974-3)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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The Politics of Latin American Developmentby Gary N. WyniaISBN 0521389240 (0-521-38924-0)
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Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policyby Forrest D. ColburnISBN 0520061667 (0-520-06166-7)
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Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin Americaby Scott Mainwaring, Matthew Soberg ShugartISBN 0521576148 (0-521-57614-8)
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Reading The Maya Glyphsby Michael D. Coe, Mark Van StoneISBN 0500285535 (0-500-28553-5)
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Revolution from Without : Yucatán, Mexico, and the United States, 1880-1924by Gilbert M. Joseph, Alan KnightISBN 0521235162 (0-521-23516-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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Selected Odes of Pablo Nerudaby Pablo Neruda, Margaret Sayers PedenISBN 0520071727 (0-520-07172-7)
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Selected Odes of Pablo Nerudaby Margaret Sayers PedenISBN 0520227085 (0-520-22708-5)
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Social Theory: Its Situation and Its Task A Critical Introduction to Politics a Work in Constructive Social Theoryby Roberto Mangabeira UngerISBN 052133862X (0-521-33862-X)
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Spain's Empire in the New World: The Role of Ideas in Institutional and Social Changeby Colin M. MacLachlanISBN 0520074106 (0-520-07410-6)
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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledgeby Carlos CastanedaISBN 0520217578 (0-520-21757-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Teachings of Don Juan - A Yaqui Way of Knowledge'Book summary:Thirty years ago the University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan initiated a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands.[via]
In a series of fascinating dialogues, Castaneda sets forth his partial initiation with don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian shaman from the state of Sonora, Mexico. He describes don Juan's perception and mastery of the "non-ordinary reality" and how peyote along with other plants sacred to the Mexican Indians were used as gateways to the mysteries of "dread," "clarity," and "power." The Teachings of Don Juan is the story of a remarkable journey that has left an indelible impression on the life of more than a million readers around the world.
"For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking breathlessly."--Don Juan
"Carlos Castaneda, under the tutelage of don Juan, takes us through the moment of twilight, through the crack in the universe between daylight and dark into a world not merely other than our own, but of an entirely different order of reality."--Walter Goldschmidt, from the ForewordMore editions of The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge:
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Teotihuacan: Art from the City of the Godsby Esther Pasztory, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress), Kathleen BerrinISBN 0500236534 (0-500-23653-4)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Wriston : Walter Wriston, Citibank and the Rise and Fall of American Financial Supremacyby Phillip L. ZweigISBN 0517584239 (0-517-58423-9)
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Yanomami: The Fierce Controversy and What We Can Learn from Itby Robert Borofsky, Bruce AlbertISBN 0520244044 (0-520-24404-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yanomami: The Fierce Controversy and What We Can Learn from It'Book summary:Yanomami raises questions central to the field of anthropology--questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and ethical vision of itself. Using the Yanomami controversy--one of anthropology's most famous and explosive imbroglios--as its starting point, this book draws readers into not only reflecting on but refashioning the very heart and soul of the discipline. It is both the most up-to-date and thorough public discussion of the Yanomami controversy available and an innovative and searching assessment of the current state of anthropology.[via]
The Yanomami controversy came to public attention through the publication of Patrick Tierney's best-selling book, Darkness in El Dorado, in which he accuses James Neel, a prominent geneticist who belonged to the National Academy of Sciences, as well as Napoleon Chagnon, whose introductory text on the Yanomami is perhaps the best-selling anthropological monograph of all time, of serious human rights violations. This book identifies the ethical dilemmas of the controversy and raises deeper, structural questions about the discipline. A portion of the book is devoted to a unique roundtable in which important scholars on different sides of the issues debate back and forth with each other. This format draws readers into deciding, for themselves, where they stand on the controversy's--and many of anthropology's--central concerns.
All of the royalties from this book will be donated to helping the Yanomami improve their healthcare.More editions of Yanomami: The Fierce Controversy and What We Can Learn from It:
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