Upriver - The Turbulent Life and Times of an Amazonian People

Informationen zum Autor Michael F. Brown is President of the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Klappentext In this story of one man¿s encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajún¿renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence¿use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds. Zusammenfassung In this story of one man’s encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajún—renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence—use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds.

Product details

• Authors: Michael F Brown, Michael F. Brown
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2014
• EAN: 9780674368071
• ISBN: 978-0-674-36807-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; South America, Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Social & cultural anthropology, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous, Social and cultural anthropology, History of the Americas