Victims of Progress
Victims of Progressprovides clear and understandable answers to how and why indigenous peoples of the world have fallen victim to the ever "modernizing" global-scale culture of the past 500 years. It also illuminates their efforts and prospects for the future as indigenous people. At the same time, the book examines conflict between peoples, often mislabeled as "ethnic" or "religious" conflict, to reveal the true and most common seeds of conflict in the past, and present, across the globe.Victims of Progressis a book that engages students' interest. (Charles Ettner, California State University, Fresno)Victims of Progressis one of those rare anthropology books that influences students for the rest of their lives. John H. Bodley courageously challenges old myths and offers readers a view of the world through a different lens. This updated fifth edition is a must-read for anyone who cares about the futures of indigenous peoples. (Thomas N. Headland, Anthropologist, SIL International, and Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, University of North Dakota)Victims of Progressis a rightly unapologetic survey of some of the worst protracted cases of genocide, ethnocide, and ecocide in past and current human history, cases which have been ignored entirely in the public forum and that have ashamedly been downplayed within much of the academic discourse. Any person who considers themselves an integral, meaningful, and responsible member of the global community should read this book. (Fotini Katsanos, University of North Carolina at Charlotte)