Mobility and Migration in Indigenous Amazonia - Contemporary Ethnoecological Perspectives (Paperback, New in Paper ed.)

Contrary to ingrained academic and public assumptions, wherein indigenous lowland South American societies are viewed as the product of historical emplacement and spatial stasis, there is widespread evidence to suggest that migration and displacement have been the norm, and not the exception. This original and thought-provoking collection of case studies examines some of the ways in which migration, and the concomitant processes of ecological and social change, have shaped and continue to shape human-environment relations in Amazonia. Drawing on a wide range of historical time frames (from pre-conquest times to the present) and ethnographic contexts, different chapters examine the complex and important links between migration and the classification, management, and domestication of plants and landscapes, as well as the incorporation and transformation of environmental knowledge, practices, ideologies and identities.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	November 2012
Editors:	Miguel N Alexiades
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	New in Paper ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-85745-797-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration
LSN:	0-85745-797-7
Barcode:	9780857457974

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