Report from the frontier : the state of the world's indigenous peoples
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Report from the frontier : the state of the world's indigenous peoples
（Cultural survival report, no. 28）
Zed Books , Cultural Survival, 1987
- : pbk.
- : u.s. pbk.
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Bibliography: p. 293-300
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780862323912
Description
The Western view of native people is a cliched mixture of misinformation. The prevailing view has often been that indigenous peoples were merely obstacles to the onward march of progress. Even now the echoes of history remain strong.
Today, however, the lands of indigenous peoples are the new frontier full of the raw materials coveted by industrial society. This new colonization recalls the old: the same impetus to ‘civilise’ exists today in the minds of political leaders, World Bank officials and transnational corporations. Yet it is an ill-disguised bonanza with no thought for the long-term effects on the land, or the people who live there. Only the elimination of the colonial relationship itself can lead to a partnership of cultures.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Unwelcome Development
2. Peoples at the Frontier
3. Life at the Bottom
4. The Colonial Experience
5. The Indigenous Movement Today
6. Indians in the Backyard: Central America and Mexico
7. The Indians of South America
8. The Colonization of Asia's Tribal Peoples
9. The Threatened Peoples of Africa
10. Indigenous Peoples in Rich Countries
11. Indigenous Minorities in Socialist Countries
12. Banks and Corporations
13. International Action
14. Echoes in the West
Appendix: Selected List of Organizations
Select Bibliography
Index
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: pbk. ISBN 9780862323929
Description
The Western view of native people is a cliched mixture of misinformation. The prevailing view has often been that indigenous peoples were merely obstacles to the onward march of progress. Even now the echoes of history remain strong.
Today, however, the lands of indigenous peoples are the new frontier full of the raw materials coveted by industrial society. This new colonization recalls the old: the same impetus to 'civilise' exists today in the minds of political leaders, World Bank officials and transnational corporations. Yet it is an ill-disguised bonanza with no thought for the long-term effects on the land, or the people who live there. Only the elimination of the colonial relationship itself can lead to a partnership of cultures.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Unwelcome Development
2. Peoples at the Frontier
3. Life at the Bottom
4. The Colonial Experience
5. The Indigenous Movement Today
6. Indians in the Backyard: Central America and Mexico
7. The Indians of South America
8. The Colonization of Asia's Tribal Peoples
9. The Threatened Peoples of Africa
10. Indigenous Peoples in Rich Countries
11. Indigenous Minorities in Socialist Countries
12. Banks and Corporations
13. International Action
14. Echoes in the West
Appendix: Selected List of Organizations
Select Bibliography
Index
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