The Resource The ragged edge of the world : encounters at the frontier where modernity, wildlands, and indigenous peoples meet, Eugene Linden
The ragged edge of the world : encounters at the frontier where modernity, wildlands, and indigenous peoples meet, Eugene Linden
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 260 p.
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. War and peace. Vietnam 1994
- pt. 2. Culture wars. An elusive butterfly in Borneo ; New Guinea : the godsend of cargo ; New Guinea redux ; Polynesia lost and found
- pt. 3. Roads to ruin. Rapa Nui : the other side of the story ; Bangui, Bayanga and Bouar ; Equateur devolving
- pt. 4. Apes at the brink. Travels with Jane ; Listening to Pygmies
- pt. 5. The Antipodes : the long reach of humanity. Unfreezing time ; The Arctic
- pt. 6. The near wild. The wolf at the door
- pt. 7. Survivors. The lost worlds of Cuba ; Midway ; In the forests it's good to be a Pygmy
- pt. 8. Inner worlds : magic, practical and otherwise. Shamans, healers and experiences I can't explain ; Esotéricas
- Isbn
- 9780670022519
- Label
- The ragged edge of the world : encounters at the frontier where modernity, wildlands, and indigenous peoples meet
- Title
- The ragged edge of the world
- Title remainder
- encounters at the frontier where modernity, wildlands, and indigenous peoples meet
- Statement of responsibility
- Eugene Linden
- Subject
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- trueIndigenous peoples -- History
- trueIndigenous peoples -- Social conditions
- trueSociety and culture -- Ethnic studies
- trueKinship-based society
- trueAnthropology
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Socioeconomics
- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- History
- trueFirst contact of indigenous peoples with Europeans
- trueGlobalization -- Social aspects
- trueHistory Writing -- General
- trueIndigenous peoples -- Ecology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A noted environmental writer shares his observations about natural regions of the world that have been dramatically changed by modern influences, describing cultural and climate transformations in such areas as Vietnam, Cuba, and the Antarctic
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 383914
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Linden, Eugene
- Dewey number
- 303.482
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN380
- LC item number
- .L555 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples
- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- encounters at the frontier where modernity, wildlands, and indigenous peoples meet
- Label
- The ragged edge of the world : encounters at the frontier where modernity, wildlands, and indigenous peoples meet, Eugene Linden
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
- pt. 1. War and peace. Vietnam 1994 -- pt. 2. Culture wars. An elusive butterfly in Borneo ; New Guinea : the godsend of cargo ; New Guinea redux ; Polynesia lost and found -- pt. 3. Roads to ruin. Rapa Nui : the other side of the story ; Bangui, Bayanga and Bouar ; Equateur devolving -- pt. 4. Apes at the brink. Travels with Jane ; Listening to Pygmies -- pt. 5. The Antipodes : the long reach of humanity. Unfreezing time ; The Arctic -- pt. 6. The near wild. The wolf at the door -- pt. 7. Survivors. The lost worlds of Cuba ; Midway ; In the forests it's good to be a Pygmy -- pt. 8. Inner worlds : magic, practical and otherwise. Shamans, healers and experiences I can't explain ; Esotéricas
- Control code
- 2010043578
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 260 p.
- Isbn
- 9780670022519
- Lccn
- 2010043578
- Label
- The ragged edge of the world : encounters at the frontier where modernity, wildlands, and indigenous peoples meet, Eugene Linden
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
- pt. 1. War and peace. Vietnam 1994 -- pt. 2. Culture wars. An elusive butterfly in Borneo ; New Guinea : the godsend of cargo ; New Guinea redux ; Polynesia lost and found -- pt. 3. Roads to ruin. Rapa Nui : the other side of the story ; Bangui, Bayanga and Bouar ; Equateur devolving -- pt. 4. Apes at the brink. Travels with Jane ; Listening to Pygmies -- pt. 5. The Antipodes : the long reach of humanity. Unfreezing time ; The Arctic -- pt. 6. The near wild. The wolf at the door -- pt. 7. Survivors. The lost worlds of Cuba ; Midway ; In the forests it's good to be a Pygmy -- pt. 8. Inner worlds : magic, practical and otherwise. Shamans, healers and experiences I can't explain ; Esotéricas
- Control code
- 2010043578
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 260 p.
- Isbn
- 9780670022519
- Lccn
- 2010043578
Subject
- trueIndigenous peoples -- History
- trueIndigenous peoples -- Social conditions
- trueSociety and culture -- Ethnic studies
- trueKinship-based society
- trueAnthropology
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Socioeconomics
- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- History
- trueFirst contact of indigenous peoples with Europeans
- trueGlobalization -- Social aspects
- trueHistory Writing -- General
- trueIndigenous peoples -- Ecology
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