Title: Amazonian Indians from prehistory to the present
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.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Ethnohistory, Social conditions, Subsistence economy, Human ecology, Indians of South America, History, Ethnology, Mœurs et coutumes, Conditions sociales, Ethnohistoire, Écologie humaine, Indiens d'Amérique, Économie de subsistance, Indianen, Histoire, South American Indians, Ethnologie
Places: Amazon River Region