First Peoples: Indigenous Cultures And Their Futures Jeff Sissons Reaktion Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Science Humanity

\ First Peoples\ Argues Controversially That Far From Disappearing In The Face Of Global Capitalism Indigenous Cultures Today Are As Diverse They Ever Were Rather Than Being Absorbed Into A Uniform Modernity People Anticipating Alternative Futures And Appropriating Resources For Their Own Culturally Specific Needs Sissons However Traditional Modern Not Mutually Exclusive: Nation-States Aspects Same Contemporary Condition Apparently Opposing Position Is An Expression Contradictory Nature 21St Century Often Define Themselves Terms Struggle Against Oppressive Exterior Forces By Contrast Metropolitan Cling Precariously To Surfaces New Land But Identities Have Also Been Forged Through Alliances Between At International Forums Other Settings Loose Throughout World Constitute Political Order Organization States Inuit Eskimo Saami Northern Hemisphere Mayan Maori Aboriginal Australians Southern More Hundred Distinct Culture Has Become Heritage: It Project Numerous Cultural Renaissances Occurred Second Half 20Th Passing Events Momentum Continued Millennium While Challenges Pose Bureaucracies Increasingly Urgent Economic Issues Addressed Groups Depressingly Similar Racism Loss Inadequate Health Education Services Solutions Characterized Enormous Diversity Σελίδες: 224 Διαστάσεις: 14 8X14 8Cm