The Struggle for Amazon Town
Author | : Richard Pace |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 1555873529 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781555873523 |
Rating | : 4/5 (523 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Struggle for Amazon Town written by Richard Pace and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his dissertation research on the Amazon region in the 1980s-1990s, Pace (anthropology, Middle Tennessee State U.) revisited the small rural town that served as the site of Charles Wagley's classic study of indigenous campones (small-farm) life: Amazon Town: A Study of Man in the Tropics (1976). Pace records local adaptations to poverty, ideological conflicts, and liberation theology. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR