0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography

Buy Now

Amazonian Geographies - Emerging Identities and Landscapes (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,888
Discovery Miles 38 880
Amazonian Geographies - Emerging Identities and Landscapes (Hardcover): Jacqueline Vadjunec, Marianne Schmink

Amazonian Geographies - Emerging Identities and Landscapes (Hardcover)

Jacqueline Vadjunec, Marianne Schmink

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R3,888 Discovery Miles 38 880 | Repayment Terms: R364 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Amazonia exists in our imagination as well as on the ground. It is a mysterious and powerful construct in our psyches yet shares multiple (trans)national borders and diverse ecological and cultural landscapes. It is often presented as a seemingly homogeneous place: a lush tropical jungle teeming with exotic wildlife and plant diversity, as well as the various indigenous populations that inhabit the region. Yet, since Conquest, Amazonia has been linked to the global market and, after a long and varied history of colonization and development projects, Amazonia is peopled by many distinct cultural groups who remain largely invisible to the outside world despite their increasing integration into global markets and global politics. Millions of rubber tappers, neo-native groups, peasants, river dwellers, and urban residents continue to shape and re-shape the cultural landscape as they adapt their livelihood practices and political strategies in response to changing markets and shifting linkages with political and economic actors at local, regional, national, and international levels. This book explores the diversity of changing identities and cultural landscapes emerging in different corners of this rapidly changing region. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Cultural Geography.

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2012
First published: 2012
Editors: Jacqueline Vadjunec • Marianne Schmink
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-60053-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN: 0-415-60053-7
Barcode: 9780415600538

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Environmental Transformations - A…
Mark Whitehead Paperback  (3)
R457 Discovery Miles 4 570
The Future Of Geography - How Power And…
Tim Marshall Paperback R380 R300 Discovery Miles 3 000
The Power Of Geography - Ten Maps That…
Tim Marshall Paperback R300 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400
The Global Casino - An Introduction to…
Nick Middleton Paperback R947 Discovery Miles 9 470
Prisoners Of Geography - Ten Maps That…
Tim Marshall Paperback  (1)
R308 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480
Concrete Jungles - Urban Pollution and…
Jaffe Hardcover R3,135 Discovery Miles 31 350
Social Innovation as Political…
Pieter Van den Broeck, Abid Mehmood, … Paperback R902 Discovery Miles 9 020
Routledge Library Editions: Development…
Various Hardcover R17,934 Discovery Miles 179 340
Routledge Library Editions: Development…
Various Hardcover R15,709 Discovery Miles 157 090
Routledge Library Editions: Development…
Various Hardcover R15,039 Discovery Miles 150 390
Routledge Library Editions: Development…
Various Hardcover R11,419 Discovery Miles 114 190
Routledge Library Editions: Development…
Various Hardcover R19,283 Discovery Miles 192 830

See more

Partners