Cauca''s Indigenous Movement in Southwestern Colombia - Land, Violence, and Ethnic Identity

Informationen zum Autor Brett Troyan is associate professor of history at Cortland College, State University of New York. Klappentext This book provides a vivid account of how the indigenous communities of Cauca in southwestern Colombia engaged with the Colombian central state. Troyanexamines the state initiatives in the 1930s, '50s, '60s, and '70s toward indigenous communities in Cauca, whichsheds light on the political and social construction of Colombian indigenous identity. Zusammenfassung This book provides a vivid account of how the indigenous communities of Cauca in southwestern Colombia engaged with the Colombian central state. Troyan examines the state initiatives in the 1930s! '50s! '60s! and '70s toward indigenous communities in Cauca! which sheds light on the political and social construction of Colombian indigenous identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Manuel Quintín Lame and his Political Movement Chapter 3. Conversations between Indigenous Communities and the Central State in the 1930s and 1940sChapter 4. The 1950s: La Violencia in Cauca, State Responses, and RiochiquitoChapter 5. The 1960s and the Birth of Division of Indigenous AffairsChapter 6. Ethnic Citizenship in Colombia: The Experience of the Regional Indigenous Council of the Cauca in Southwestern Colombia from 1970 to 1990Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Brett Troyan, Troyan Brett
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2015
• EAN: 9781498502283
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0228-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Peoples of Latin America and; The Peoples of "Latin" America and the Caribbean; Peoples of Latin America and; The Peoples of "Latin" America and the Caribbean
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Colombia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Revolutionary groups & movements, Land Rights, Human rights, civil rights, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions