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A Companion to Paleopathology (Paperback): AL Grauer A Companion to Paleopathology (Paperback)
AL Grauer
R1,161 Discovery Miles 11 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A Companion to Paleopathology offers a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing sub- field of physical anthropology. * Presents a broad overview of the field of paleopathology, integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to understand biological and disease processes throughout human history * Demonstrates how paleopathology sheds light on the past through the analysis of human and non-human skeletal materials, mummified remains and preserved tissue * Integrates scientific advances in multiple fields that contribute to the understanding of ancient and historic diseases, such as epidemiology, histology, radiology, parasitology, dentistry, and molecular biology, as well as archaeological, archival and historical research. * Highlights cultural processes that have an impact on the evolution of illness, death and dying in human populations, including subsistence strategies, human environmental adaptations, the effects of malnutrition, differential access to resources, and interpersonal and intercultural violence

Dressing in Feathers - The Construction of the Indian in American Popular Culture (Paperback): S.Elizabeth Bird Dressing in Feathers - The Construction of the Indian in American Popular Culture (Paperback)
S.Elizabeth Bird
R1,840 Discovery Miles 18 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

One hundred members of NatChat, an electronic mail discussion group concerned with Native American issues, responded to the recent Disney release "Pocahontas" by calling on parents to boycott the movie, citing its historical inaccuracies and saying that "Disney has let us down in a cruel, irresponsible manner." Their anger was rooted in the fact that, although Disney claimed that the film's portrayal of American Indians would be "authentic," the Pocahontas story their movie told was really white cultural myth. The actual histories of the characters were replaced by mythic narratives depicting the crucial moments when aid was given to the white settlers. As reconstructed, the story serves to reassert for whites their right to be here, easing any lingering guilt about the displacement of the native inhabitants.To understand current imagery, it is essential to understand the history of its making, and these essays mesh to create a powerful, interconnected account of image creation over the past 150 years. The contributors, who represent a range of disciplines and specialties, reveal the distortions and fabrications white culture has imposed on significant historical and current events, as represented by treasured artifacts, such as photographic images taken of Sitting Bull following his surrender, the national monument at the battlefield of Little Bighorn, nineteenth-century advertising, the television phenomenon "Northern Exposure, " and the film "Dances with Wolves."Well illustrated, this volume demonstrates the complacency of white culture in its representation of its troubled relationship with American Indians.

Power And Prejudice - The Politics And Diplomacy Of Racial Discrimination, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition): Paul Gordon... Power And Prejudice - The Politics And Diplomacy Of Racial Discrimination, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Paul Gordon Lauren
R1,823 Discovery Miles 18 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since it first appeared, Power and Prejudice has been hailed as a bold, pioneering work dealing with one of the central and most controversial issues of our time?the relationship between racial prejudice and global conflict. Powerfully written and based on documents from archives on several continents, this award-winning book convincingly demonstrates that the racial issue, or what W.E.B. Du Bois called ?the problem of the twentieth century,? has profoundly influenced most major developments in international politics and diplomacy.Lauren begins with a thought-provoking discussion of the heavy burden of history's pattern of conquest and slavery wherin skin color identified master and slave, conqueror and conquered. He then examines bitter twentieth-century conflicts over race, including immigration exclusion and the ?Yellow Peril,? the ?Final Solution? of the Holocaust, decolonization, the impact of the Cold War on the civil rights movement, and the global struggle against racial prejudice. In this new edition, Lauren adds dimensions about Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, exploring the racial dimensions of immigration exclusion and warfare. He contributes significant new material about international issues regarding indigenous peoples around the world, including self-determination, sovereignty, and discrimination. And finally, he examines the dramatic events surrounding the end of apartheid in South Africa.Eloquent, provocative, and informed by first-rate scholarship, the insights of this highly original work will appeal to general readers as well as to students and scholars from a broad range of disciplines.

Racist Violence in Europe (Paperback): Rob Witte, Tore Bjorgo Racist Violence in Europe (Paperback)
Rob Witte, Tore Bjorgo
R1,624 Discovery Miles 16 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

All over Europe, asylum-seekers, immigrants and minorities are increasingly finding themselves under violent attack. Who are the perpetrators? What are their motives? To what extent are right-wing or neo-Nazi organizations involved? How do the authorities and the police respond? What are the roles of the media, the public opinion and anti-racist movements? What can be done to stop the violence? These are questions addressed in this volume by some of Europe's leading experts on racism and racist violence.

Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific - Essays Presented to Sir Raymond Firth on the Occasion of His Ninetieth Birthday... Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific - Essays Presented to Sir Raymond Firth on the Occasion of His Ninetieth Birthday (Hardcover)
R. Feinberg, K. A. Watson-Gegeo
R4,508 Discovery Miles 45 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An ethnographic exploration of the rise of new forms of leadership at community and national levels with islanders are synthesising traditional and Western models.

Conversing with Cancer - How to Ask Questions, Find and Share Information, and Make the Best Decisions (Paperback, New... Conversing with Cancer - How to Ask Questions, Find and Share Information, and Make the Best Decisions (Paperback, New edition)
Lisa Sparks, Anna Leahy
R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With more than 40% of people eventually facing a cancer diagnosis, Conversing with Cancer is a much-needed addition to understanding and improving cancer care through strong communication among providers, patients, and caregivers. Each person whose life is affected by a cancer diagnosis-patient, healthcare provider, caregiver-has information and needs information in order to make the best decisions possible under the circumstances. After studying and writing about the topics of communication and cancer for many years separately, authors Lisa Sparks and Anna Leahy combine their expertise in this new tour de force. Here, they apply principles from the field of health communication to the cancer care experience, drawing from a wide range of scholarship to offer a comprehensive view of cancer care communication and extend existing work into new insights. Engaging chapters cover all phases of the journey through cancer, from prevention to recovery or end-of-life; analyze the roles of the variety of cultural and social identities and relationships; and explore written, verbal, non-verbal, and electronic communication. In addition, this book draws from the real-life stories of cancer patients themselves to enrich the book's unique discussions and to better understand how theory can be put into practice. Conversing with Cancer is ideal for use in health communication classes, medical and nursing programs, and formal caregiver training. In addition, it is useful for cancer patient and caregiver supports groups and for individual providers, patients, and caregivers.

Dental Functional Morphology - How Teeth Work (Hardcover): Peter W. Lucas Dental Functional Morphology - How Teeth Work (Hardcover)
Peter W. Lucas
R3,888 Discovery Miles 38 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dental Functional Morphology offers an alternative to the received wisdom that teeth merely crush, cut, shear or grind food and shows how teeth adapt to diet. Providing an analysis of tooth action based on an understanding of how food particles break, it shows how tooth form from the earliest mammals to modern-day humans can be understood using very basic considerations about fracture. It outlines the theoretical basis step by step, explaining the factors governing tooth shape and size and provides an allometric analysis that will revolutionize attitudes to the evolution of the human face and the impact of cooked foods on our dentition. In addition, the basis of the mechanics behind the fracture of different types of food, and methods of measurement are given in an easy-to-use appendix. It will be an important sourcebook for physical anthropologists, dental and food scientists, palaeontologists and those interested in feeding ecology.

Deceptive Majority - Dalits, Hinduism, and Underground Religion (Hardcover): Joel Lee Deceptive Majority - Dalits, Hinduism, and Underground Religion (Hardcover)
Joel Lee
R2,855 Discovery Miles 28 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The idea that India is a Hindu majority nation rests on the assumption that the vast swath of its population stigmatized as 'untouchable' is, and always has been, in some meaningful sense, Hindu. But is that how such communities understood themselves in the past, or how they understand themselves now? When and under what conditions did this assumption take shape, and what truths does it conceal? In this book, Joel Lee challenges presuppositions at the foundation of the study of caste and religion in South Asia. Drawing on detailed archival and ethnographic research, Lee tracks the career of a Dalit religion and the effort by twentieth-century nationalists to encompass it within a newly imagined Hindu body politic. A chronicle of religious life in north India and an examination of the ethics and semiotics of secrecy, Deceptive Majority throws light on the manoeuvres by which majoritarian projects are both advanced and undermined.

The Dynamics of Ethnic Competition and Conflict (Hardcover): Susan Olzak The Dynamics of Ethnic Competition and Conflict (Hardcover)
Susan Olzak
R3,312 Discovery Miles 33 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This analysis of the causes of racial and ethnic conflict in American cities between 1877-1914 presents evidence that suggests that the explanation for ethnic unrest is to be found in competition processes.

Villagers of the Sierra de Gredos - Transhumant Cattle-raisers in Central Spain (Hardcover, illustrated edition): William... Villagers of the Sierra de Gredos - Transhumant Cattle-raisers in Central Spain (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
William Kavanagh
R3,570 Discovery Miles 35 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume, a study of a transhumant cattle-raising community in Spain, is based on the extensive fieldwork at La Nava de San Miguel, a village in the province of Avila in central Spain. It shows the social and economic factors upon which the continued vitality of this mountain village is based: the use of communal summer pastures; the transhumant groups which walk the cattle to the winter pastures over the mountains; and the system of taking turns for many tasks within the village. The book analyzes the dichotomy between the more rigid organization of life within the village and the organization of life outside the village, in the transhumant group which goes to the winter pastures in Extramadura.

Amazonian Caboclo Society - An Essay on Invisibility and Peasant Economy (Hardcover): Stephen Nugent Amazonian Caboclo Society - An Essay on Invisibility and Peasant Economy (Hardcover)
Stephen Nugent
R4,490 Discovery Miles 44 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Traditionally, Non-Indian societies in Brazilian Amazonia - 'caboclo' - are treated by anthropologists as relics of the haphazard development of Amazonia - leftovers of the colonial enterprise and have therefore received little serious attention. This volume attempts to redress this imbalance by looking closely at the encompassing nature of peasant society in Brazilian Amazonia. The first part of the book is concerned with the concept of caboclo as it emerges in anthropological and Amazonianist disclosure. The second examines a historical 'caboclo' society (in Santarem, Para) from a broadly ethnographic viewpoint. Three different modes of peasant livelihood and their relation to the impact of the Transamazon Highway are then fully discussed, followed by a detailed examination of the 'sustainable- development' thesis using research from another part of Amazonia - the Guama River. Overall, this volume aims to examine the reasons for the relative 'invisibility' of caboclo society and to place it in a historical perspective.

Living Earth - A Short History of Life and Its Home (Paperback, 1991 Ed.): E.G. Nisbet Living Earth - A Short History of Life and Its Home (Paperback, 1991 Ed.)
E.G. Nisbet
R1,524 Discovery Miles 15 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Life has shaped the Earth, and the Earth has moulded the history of life. That history, the co-evolution of our ancestors and their horne, has much to teach us about our place on the planet today. We are part of the fabric of the biosphere. As we change that fabric we would be wise to understand how our horne was built. Our planet is neither a hotel nor a colony. It is not a place which life briefly inhabits during a transient occupation. Instead, it is our horne, designed by the deeds of our ancestors and suited to our own needs. The history of life on Earth is held in the geological record, which is composed of the rocks, water and air that are available for study on the planet's surface. These rocks, the oceans and the atmosphere are not simply stores of information for the excitement of fossil hunters and geochemists, or resources to exploit without thought. Their cre ation and continued existence form an integral part of the development and management of the Earth as the horne of life."

Nurturing Neighborhood - The Brownsville Boys' Club and Jewish Community in Urban America, 1940-1990 (Paperback): Gerald... Nurturing Neighborhood - The Brownsville Boys' Club and Jewish Community in Urban America, 1940-1990 (Paperback)
Gerald Sorin
R1,164 Discovery Miles 11 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening social achievement.

Estimation of Mortality Rates in Stage-Structured Population (Paperback): Simon N Wood, Roger M. Nisbet Estimation of Mortality Rates in Stage-Structured Population (Paperback)
Simon N Wood, Roger M. Nisbet
R1,471 Discovery Miles 14 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The stated aims of the Lecture Notes in Biomathematics allow for work that is "unfinished or tentative." This volume is offered in that spirit. The problem addressed is one of the classics of statistical ecology, the estimation of mortality rates from stage-frequency data, but in tackling it we found ourselves making use of ideas and techniques very different from those we expected to use, and in which we had no previous experience. Specifically we drifted towards consideration of some rather specific curve and surface fitting and smoothing techniques. We think we have made some progress (otherwise why publish?), but are acutely aware of the conceptual and statistical clumsiness of parts of the work. Readers with sufficient expertise to be offended should regard the monograph as a challenge to do better. The central theme in this book is a somewhat complex algorithm for mortality estimation (detailed at the end of Chapter 4). Because of its complexity, the job of implementing the method is intimidating. Any reader interested in using the methods may obtain copies of our code as follows: Intelligible Structured Code 1. Hutchinson and deHoog's algorithm for fitting smoothing splines by cross validation 2. Cubic covariant area-approximating splines 3. Cubic interpolating splines 4. Cubic area matching splines 5. Hyman's algorithm for monotonic interpolation based on cubic splines. Prototype User-Hostile Code 6. Positive constrained interpolation 7. Positive constrained area matching 8. The "full method" from chapter 4 9. The "simpler" method from chapter 4.

Mirroring Power - Ethnogenesis and Integration among the Phunoy of Northern Laos (Paperback): Vanina Boute Mirroring Power - Ethnogenesis and Integration among the Phunoy of Northern Laos (Paperback)
Vanina Boute
R1,096 R998 Discovery Miles 9 980 Save R98 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Phunoy are a Tibeto-Burmese population group in Phongsaly Province that has long been considered acculturated because of its adoption of various features of neighboring Tai societies, particularly Buddhism. This pioneering ethnography examines the Phunoy's supposed acculturation and independent identity, demonstrating how the Phunoy emerged as a group and constructed a "mirroring" relationship with the various Tai and Lao realms dominating the region. As guardians of the borders and allies of the colonial authorities who administered the province, they progressively formed a territory where they established themselves as indispensable intermediaries between state power and the other mountain ethnic groups. The integration of the Phunoy continues within Lao society today and is part of the history of the stabilization of the margins in northern mainland Southeast Asia.

The Jew Accused - Three Anti-Semitic Affairs (Dreyfus, Beilis, Frank) 1894-1915 (Hardcover, New): Albert S. Lindemann The Jew Accused - Three Anti-Semitic Affairs (Dreyfus, Beilis, Frank) 1894-1915 (Hardcover, New)
Albert S. Lindemann
R2,715 Discovery Miles 27 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Three Jews--Alfred Dreyfus, Mendel Beilis, and Leo Frank--were charged with heinous crimes in the generation before World War I--Dreyfus of treason in France, Beilis of ritual murder in Russia, and Frank of the murder of a young girl in the United States. The affairs that developed out of their trials pulled hundreds of thousands of people into passionate confrontation. Quite aside from the lurid details and sensational charges, larger issues emerged, among them the power of modern anti-Semitism, the sometimes tragic conflict between the freedom of the press and the protection of individual rights, the unpredictable reactions of individuals when subjected to extreme situations, and the inevitable ambiguities of campaigns for truth and justice when political advantage is to be gained from them. This study explores the nature of modern anti-Semitism and the ways that politicians in the generation before World War I attempted to use hatred of Jews as a political device to mobilize the masses. The anti-Semitism surrounding the affairs is presented as an elusive intermingling of real conflict between Jews and non-Jews, on the one hand, and, on the other, fantasies about Jews derived from powerful myths deeply rooted in Western civilization. In attempting to untangle myth and reality and to offer a fresh look at the main personalities in the affairs many surprises emerge; heroes appear less heroic and villains less villainous, while real factors appear more important than most accounts of the affairs have recognized.

Inside European Identities - Ethnography in Western Europe (Paperback, New edition): Sharon MacDonald Inside European Identities - Ethnography in Western Europe (Paperback, New edition)
Sharon MacDonald
R1,318 Discovery Miles 13 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Following recent events in Eastern Europe, questions surrounding European identity seem more pressing than ever. This volume explores, through a series of ethnographic case studies, the construction and experience of identities in Western Europe. All of the case studies are based on fieldwork, and in geographical scope range from Wales to the Basque country; from Corsica to the Lake District. The peoples they look at are similarly diverse: nationalists and members of the Communist party; rural and urban populations. The essays illustrate the ways in which detailed ethnographic case studies can illuminate how identities are lived by ordinary people.

Inside European Identities - Ethnography in Western Europe (Hardcover): Sharon MacDonald Inside European Identities - Ethnography in Western Europe (Hardcover)
Sharon MacDonald
R4,483 Discovery Miles 44 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Following recent events in Eastern Europe, questions surrounding European identity seem more pressing than ever. This volume explores, through a series of ethnographic case studies, the construction and experience of identities in Western Europe. All of the case studies are based on fieldwork, and in geographical scope range from Wales to the Basque country; from Corsica to the Lake District. The peoples they look at are similarly diverse: nationalists and members of the Communist party; rural and urban populations. The essays illustrate the ways in which detailed ethnographic case studies can illuminate how identities are lived by ordinary people.

Hahalis and the Labour of Love - A Social Movement on Buka Island (Hardcover): Eleanor Rimoldi, Max Rimoldi Hahalis and the Labour of Love - A Social Movement on Buka Island (Hardcover)
Eleanor Rimoldi, Max Rimoldi
R3,593 Discovery Miles 35 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is a long-term ethnographic study of the Hahalis Welfare Society (a Bougainville movement which worked for many years to maintain and reform traditional practices and to retain a degree of autonomy in a world of rapid political change and economic dependency). The study points beyond the established cargo-cult theory in anthropology and expands the concept of culture as an outcome of historical practice, conscious analysis, human passions and political struggle. The dialectical relationship between traditional and contemporary forms of power as described through Buka experience breaks down Western categorical barriers that seem to isolate the past from the present, the personal from the political and the local form the global. The narrative explores these themes against the background of colonial and post-colonial government, missionisation, politics of ritual, litigation and legitimacy, and the Bougainville assertion of independence.

Anthropology of Breast-Feeding - Natural Law or Social Construct (Paperback, Revised): Vanessa Maher Anthropology of Breast-Feeding - Natural Law or Social Construct (Paperback, Revised)
Vanessa Maher
R1,310 Discovery Miles 13 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

On the whole, the debates surrounding the issues of breast-feeding - often reflecting ethnographic and ill-informed medical and demographic approaches - have failed to treat the deeper issues. The significance of breast-feeding reaches far beyond its biological function; in fact, the authors of this volume argue, there is nothing natural' about breast-feeding itself. On the contrary, attitudes and practices are socially determined, and breast-feeding has to be seen as an essential element in the cultural construction of sexuality.
This volume offers an ethnography' of breast-feeding by examining cultural norms and practices in a number of European and non-European societies, thus presenting valuable and often astonishing empirical material that is not otherwise readily available. The highly original focus of this volume therefore throws new light on gender and on social relationships in general.

Biomedicine Examined (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988): M. Lock, D. Gordon Biomedicine Examined (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
M. Lock, D. Gordon
R6,570 Discovery Miles 65 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The culture of contemporary medicine is the object of investigation in this book; the meanings and values implicit in biomedical knowledge and practice and the social processes through which they are produced are examined through the use of specific case studies. The essays provide examples of how various facets of 20th century medicine, including edu cation, research, the creation of medical knowledge, the development and application of technology, and day to day medical practice, are per vaded by a value system characteristic of an industrial-capitalistic view of the world in which the idea that science represents an objective and value free body of knowledge is dominant. The authors of the essays are sociologists and anthropologists (in almost equal numbers); also included are papers by a social historian and by three physicians all of whom have steeped themselves in the social sci ences and humanities. This co-operative endeavor, which has necessi tated the breaking down of disciplinary barriers to some extent, is per haps indicative of a larger movement in the social sciences, one in which there is a searching for a middle ground between grand theory and attempts at universal explanations on the one hand, and the context-spe cific empiricism and relativistic accounts characteristic of many historical and anthropological analyses on the other."

They Chose Minnesota - A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups (Paperback): June Drenning Holmquist They Chose Minnesota - A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups (Paperback)
June Drenning Holmquist
R1,293 Discovery Miles 12 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why did emigrants leave their homeland and move to Minnesota? Where in the state did they settle? What did they do, and how did they organize? How did they maintain their ethnicity? Based on ground-breaking research. Each chapter of "They Chose Minnesota" describes the unique concerns of individual groups and delves into personal stories. Farmers and factory workers, men, women, and children, families and single people, idealists and pragmatists, people who were devout or irreligious or enthusiastic or fearful, those who cut ties with their homeland or intended to return--all form part of Minnesota's ethnic saga.

The Flower of Paradise - The Institutionalized Use of the Drug Qat in North Yemen (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original... The Flower of Paradise - The Institutionalized Use of the Drug Qat in North Yemen (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987)
J. G. Kennedy
R5,663 Discovery Miles 56 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book concerns the use of the drug qat in North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic), a country lying on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. However, because this substance is so interwoven into the fabric of society and culture, it is also necessarily about Yemen itself. The history and culture of South Arabia are still relatively unknown to the rest of the world, and the drug qat, so widely used there, is equally unknown. Thus, the material we present here should be of interest to all of those concerned with drug use, those who wish to understand more about Yemen and the Middle East, and to the Yemenis themselves. Another purpose is to develop some general understandings about sub stance uses and their effects which are less clouded by the mass hysteria and political considerations which often obscure drug issues in our own society. Examination of drug-use patterns in a country where millions of people are users on a regular basis, and where there has been familiarity with the drug for several hundred years, offers an opportunity to achieve perspectives not possible in countries with different attitudes and without such histories. I am not sanguine about the prospects of our abilities to learn from others or from the past, but I do not think we should abandon hope of doing so."

Anthropology and Epidemiology - Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Health and Disease (Paperback, Softcover reprint... Anthropology and Epidemiology - Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Health and Disease (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)
C Janes, R. Stall, S.M. Gifford
R3,006 Discovery Miles 30 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Over the past two decades increasing interest has emerged in the contribu tions that the social sciences might make to the epidemiological study of patterns of health and disease. Several reasons can be cited for this increasing interest. Primary among these has been the rise of the chronic, non-infectious diseases as important causes of morbidity and mortality within Western populations during the 20th century. Generally speaking, the chronic, non infectious diseases are strongly influenced by lifestyle variables, which are themselves strongly influenced by social and cultural forces. The under standing of the effects of the behavioral factors in, say, hypertension, thus requires an understanding of the social and cultural factors which encourage obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, non-compliance with anti-hypertensive medica tions (or other prescribed regimens), and stress. Equally, there is a growing awareness that considerations of human behavior and its social and cultural determinants are important for understanding the distribution and control of infectious diseases. Related to this expansion of epidemiologic interest into the behavioral realm 'has been the development of etiological models which focus on the psychological, biological and socio-cultural characteristics of hosts, rather than exclusive concern with exposure to a particular agent or even behavioral risk. Also during this period advances in statistical and computing techniques have made accessible the ready testing of multivariate causal models, and so have encouraged the measurement of the effects of social and cultural factors on disease occurrence."

Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot (Paperback): Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Alvaro Vargas Llosa Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot (Paperback)
Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Alvaro Vargas Llosa
R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

By opening the ever-escalating debate regarding Latin America's "underdeveloped" status and cloaking the seriousness of the situation with wit and humor, the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot reached number one status on the nonfiction bestseller lists in many countries in Latin America. It reveals the connection between economic success and cultural values attitudes toward work, education, health care and community and the consequence of the Latin American people retaining or evolving these values.

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