Forest Dwellers, Forest Protectors: Indigenous Models for International Development (Part of the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change (Cultural Survival Series in Ethnicity and Change) - Softcover

Reed, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205198228 ISBN 13: 9780205198221

Publisher: Pearson, 1996

Synopsis

This ethnography focuses on the Guarani of Paraguay. It describes Guarani demographics, leadership, religion and kinship, and how these are adapted to Paraguay’s subtropical forest ecosystem. The book gives special attention to Guarani agroforestry, which integrates subsistence hunting and gardening with commercial collection. Recently, developers have begun clearing the Guarani forests for cattle ranches and soybean fields. The study analyzes anthropologists’ work with international conservation groups to promote agroforestry among recent settlers in the forests. This would provide profit from the standing trees, while protecting the region’s environment. Part of the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr. of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University. Sharply focused on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide, this series of ethnographies builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture.

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Forest Dwellers, Forest Protectors - Indigenous Models for International Development

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The Guarani of Paraguay have survived over four centuries of contact with the commercial system, while keeping in tact their traditions of leadership, religion and kinship. This concise ethnography examines how the Guarani have adapted over time, in concert with Paraguay's subtropical forest system. The titles in the "Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change" series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr. of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Each ethnography builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0205198228
• ISBN 13: 9780205198221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 135