Amazonian Indians from prehistory to the present
Subtitle: anthropological perspectives
By: edited by Anna Roosevelt.
Contributors: Roosevelt, Anna Curtenius.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press; Brand: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- History; Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Social life and customs; Ethnohistory -- Amazon River Region; Subsistence economy -- Amazon River Region; Human ecology -- Amazon River Region; Amazon River Region -- Social conditions
Other titles: Amazonian Indians.
Description: "Compilation of articles on native inhabitants of the Amazon. Pt. 1 traces important ethnohistorical transition, a period of convulsive change in indigenous societies during European conquest and colonization from the 16th-20th century. During this time, many groups had to adapt to greatly changed circumstances, some forms of society disappeared, and new ones developed. Pt. 2 deals with subsistence, health, and reproductive strategies of Amazonian Indians; and impact of historical, political, and socioeconomic factors on their changing forms. Pt. 3 addresses influence of Amazonian peoples' changing ecological, economic and social contexts on ideology and organization"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Spine title: Amazonian Indians.