Victims of Progress, Fifth Edition - Softcover

John H. Bodley, .

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9780759111486: Victims of Progress, Fifth Edition

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ISBN 10: 0759111480 ISBN 13: 9780759111486

Publisher: AltaMira Press, 2008

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A newer edition of this book is available at the following web address: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442226937 Victims of Progress provides a global overview of the struggle between small-scale indigenous societies and the colonists and corporate developers that invaded their territories over the past 200 years to extract resources. It shows how these small-scale societies have survived by organizing politically to defend their basic human rights, and shows that they are now being impacted by oil and natural gas development and tropical deforestation, as well as global warming. This compelling account of the effects 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. In this new fifth edition, Bodley provides extensive new discussions on the increased political power of the Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic, the role of indigenous people in the Arctic Council, shifts in Aboriginal rights in Australia, and many new developments on the impact of global warming on indigenous populations around the world.

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Victims of Progress provides clear and understandable answers to how and why indigenous peoples of the world have fallen victim to the ever "modernizing" global-scale culture of the past 500 years. It also illuminates their efforts and prospects for the future as indigenous people. At the same time, the book examines conflict between peoples, often mislabeled as "ethnic" or "religious" conflict, to reveal the true and most common seeds of conflict in the past, and present, across the globe. Victims of Progress is a book that engages students' interest.--Charles Ettner, California State University, Fresno

Victims of Progress is a rightly unapologetic survey of some of the worst protracted cases of genocide, ethnocide, and ecocide in past and current human history, cases which have been ignored entirely in the public forum and that have ashamedly been downplayed within much of the academic discourse. Any person who considers themselves an integral, meaningful, and responsible member of the global community should read this book.--Fotini Katsanos, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Victims of Progress is one of those rare anthropology books that influences students for the rest of their lives. John H. Bodley courageously challenges old myths and offers readers a view of the world through a different lens. This updated fifth edition is a must-read for anyone who cares about the futures of indigenous peoples.--Thomas N. Headland, Anthropologist, SIL International, and Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, University of North Dakota

From the Publisher:

A clear, provocative argument for indigenous peoples' right to determine their own fate that stimulates classroom discussion and debate.
Abundant case studies that demonstrate the exploitation of human and natural resources worldwide.
Appendixes with lists of support organizations and contact information, and texts of the most recent position papers regarding indigenous peoples worldwide.
New Chapter 1 introduces the concept of culture scale and provides a historical context for the current predicament of indigenous peoples.
Text has been significantly revised and updated throughout to reflect important global changes since the 1990 publication of the previous edition.
Chapter 11 discusses the debate over export market approaches to helping indigenous peoples and the conflict between human rights and rights to intellectual property.
New appendix looks at coverage of indigenous peoples on the Internet.

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