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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Laura M Rival |
| ISBN: | 0231118449 9780231118446 0231118457 9780231118453 |
| OCLC Number: | 47623883 |
| Description: | xx, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Trekking in Amazonia -- The upper Amazon from Omagua expansion to Zaparo collapse -- The time and space of Huaorani nomadic isolationism -- Harvesting the forest's natural abundance -- Coming back to the longhouse -- Eëmë festivals: ceremonial increase and marriage alliance -- Schools in the rain forest -- Prey at the center. |
| Series Title: | Historical ecology series. |
| Responsibility: | Laura M. Rival. |
Abstract:
Rival presents a comprehensive academic study of the Huaorani, correcting distorted portrayals of them by journalists, missionaries, environmentalists, and tour guides as 'Ecuador's last savages'.
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