Victims of Progress
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781442226937
Subjects: Culture conflict; Indigenous peoples; Social change; Acculturation
Description: This compelling account of the effect of technology and development on indigenous peoples throughout the world examines major issues of intervention: social engineering, economic development, self-determination, health and disease, and ecocide. Victims of Progress provides a provocative context in which to think about civilization and its costs.