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Author:

Kane, Joe.

Title:

Savages / Joe Kane.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Distributed by Random House,

Copyright Date:

1995

Description:

xi, 273 p. : col. ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Huaorani Indians--Land tenure.
Human ecology--Ecuador.
Human ecology--Amazon River Valley.
Ecología humana--Río y Cuenca Amazónica.
Ecología humana--Ecuador.

Notes:

"Portions of this book were originally published in The New Yorker in slightly different form as 'Amazon showdown: a Stone Age tribe fights American oil' (9/27/93) and 'an Amazon Indian in D.C.'s jungle' (5/2/94)"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273).

Summary:

"Journalist's fascinating and well-written account of the Huao peoples' struggle against North American oil companies and evangelical missionaries resulting from the construction of the oil pipeline in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Provides an insider's view of international NGO politics, indigenous federation politics, missionized indigenous peoples, and the special place occupied by the Huao in Ecuadorian indigenous struggles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

ISBN:

9780679411918
0679411917

LCCN:

95004258

Locations:

CKPA482 -- Amana School-Community Library (Amana) — 333.3 KAN

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

V3AX572 -- Kaplan University Library - Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

ZUPD675 -- Onawa Public Library (Onawa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)