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Victims of progress

Title
Victims of progress / John H. Bodley.
Author
Bodley, John H. (John Harry), 1942-
Publication
  • Mountain View, California : Mayfield Pub. Co., [1990]
  • ©1990

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Description
ix, 261 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This compelling account of the effect of technology and development on indigenous peoples throughout the world examines major issues of intervention: social engineering, economic development, self-determination, health and disease, and ecocide. Victims of Progress provides a provocative context in which to think about civilization and its costs -- Publishers summary.
Subject
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Culture conflict
  • Acculturation
  • Social change
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
  • Acculturation
  • indigenous people
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 227-245.
ISBN
  • 0874849454
  • 9780874849455
LCCN
89033782
OCLC
  • ocm19741243
  • 19741243
  • SCSB-1932108
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library