Enclosed - Conservation, Cattle, Commerce Among Q eqchi Maya Lowlanders

Informationen zum Autor Liza Grandia. Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan Klappentext Liza Grandia is assistant professor of Native American studies at UC Davis. Zusammenfassung Highlights an urgent problem for indigenous communities around the world--repeated displacement from their lands Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan Preface Acknowledgements Q'eqchi' Language and Orthography Notes on Measurements Maps Introduction: Commons Past 1. Liberal Plunder: A Recurring Q'eqchi' History 2. Maya Gringos: Q'eqchi' Lowland Migration and Territorial Expansion 3. Commons, Customs, and Carrying Capacities: The Property and Population Traps of the Peten Frontier 4. Speculating: The World Bank's Market-Assisted Land Reform 5. From Colonial to Corporate Capitalism: Expanding Cattle Frontiers 6. The Neoliberal Auction: The PPP and the DR-CAFTA Conclusion: Common Features Glossary Acronyms Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Liza Grandia
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9780295991665
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99166-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Culture, Place, and Nature: St; Culture, Place, and Nature; Culture, Place, and Nature: St; Enclosed; Culture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureCulture, Place, and NatureEnclosed
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories