| Author |
Kane, Joe (Joseph A.), 1953-
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| Publication |
New York : Vintage Books, 1996.
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| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Series |
Vintage departures
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Vintage departures.
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| Note |
"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1995"--T.p. verso. |
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"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Pronunciation guide to some Huaorani names -- Prologue -- 1: East -- 2: West -- 3: Among the cannibals -- Epilogue to the vintage edition -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
Booknews: An American journalist recounts the story of the struggle for autonomy by the Huaorani, a nation of 1,300 nomadic Amazonian Indians, whose oil-rich territory has been besieged by hell-bent oil companies, missionaries, unscrupulous bureaucrats, and environmentalists, all claiming to represent the Huaorani's best interests. |
| Subject |
Huao Indians -- Land tenure.
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Human ecology -- Ecuador.
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Human ecology -- Amazon River Valley.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9780307809919 (electronic bk.) |
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0307809919 (electronic bk.) |
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