Indigenous Agency in the Amazon - The Mojos in Liberal and Rubber-boom Bolivia, 1842-1932

Indigenous Agency in the Amazon explores the underexamined story of indigenous people who accepted Jesuit mission life and then, nearly two centuries later, withstood the challenges of the rubber boom and the imposition of European liberalism.

About the author

Gary Van Valen is an associate professor of history at the University of West Georgia.

Summary

Indigenous Agency in the Amazon explores the underexamined story of indigenous people who accepted Jesuit mission life and then, nearly two centuries later, withstood the challenges of the rubber boom and the imposition of European liberalism.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Van Valen, Gary Van Valen, VAN VALEN GARY
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9780816521180
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-2118-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous