Amazonian Indians from prehistory to the present

By Anna Curtenius Roosevelt

Subjects: Conditions sociales, Indiens d'Amérique, Subsistence economy, Ethnologie, Ethnohistory, Mœurs et coutumes, Histoire, South American Indians, Indians of South America, Écologie humaine, Indianen, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Économie de subsistance, Ethnology, History, Human ecology, Ethnohistoire

Description: "Compilation of articles on native inhabitants of the Amazon. Pt. 1 traces important ethnohistorical transition, a period of convulsive change in indigenous societies during European conquest and colonization from the 16th-20th century. During this time, many groups had to adapt to greatly changed circumstances, some forms of society disappeared, and new ones developed. Pt. 2 deals with subsistence, health, and reproductive strategies of Amazonian Indians; and impact of historical, political, and socioeconomic factors on their changing forms. Pt. 3 addresses influence of Amazonian peoples' changing ecological, economic and social contexts on ideology and organization"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.