Victims of Progress, now in its sixth edition, offers a compelling
account of how technology and development affect indigenous peoples
throughout the world. Bodley’s expansive look at the struggle
between small-scale indigenous societies, and the colonists and
corporate developers who have infringed their territories reaches from
1800 into today. He examines major issues of intervention such as
social engineering, economic development, self-determination, health
and disease, global warming, and ecocide. Small-scale societies,
Bodley convincingly demonstrates, have survived by organizing
politically to defend their basic human rights. Providing a
provocative context in which to think about civilization and its
costs—shedding light on how we are all victims of progress—the
sixth edition features expanded discussion of “uprising politics,”
Tebtebba (a particularly active indigenous organization), and
voluntary isolation. A wholly new chapter devotes full coverage to the
costs of global warming to indigenous peoples in the Pacific and the
Arctic. Finally, new appendixes guide readers to recent protest
petitions as well as online resources and videos.
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ISBN
9781442226944
Publisert
2015
Utgave
6. utgave
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Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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