Indigenous Agency in the Amazon

Indigenous Agency in the Amazon
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9780816521180
ISBN-13 : 0816521182
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Book Synopsis Indigenous Agency in the Amazon by : Gary Van Valen

Download or read book Indigenous Agency in the Amazon written by Gary Van Valen and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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