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Manifest Destinies and Indigenous Peoples
David Maybury-Lewis (Ed.)
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Description for Manifest Destinies and Indigenous Peoples
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How was frontier expansion rationalized in the Americas during the late nineteenth century? As new states fleshed out expanded national maps, how did they represent their advances? Were there any distinct pan-American patterns? The renowned anthropologist and human rights advocate David Maybury-Lewis saw the Latin American frontiers as relatively unknown physical spaces as well as unexplored academic “territory.” He invited eight specialists to explore public narratives of the expansion of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and the western regions of Canada and the United States during the late nineteenth century, a time when those who then identified as “Americans” claimed territories in ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674033139
SKU
V9780674033139
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About David Maybury-Lewis (Ed.)
David Maybury-Lewis was Edward C. Henderson Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University and founder and president of Cultural Survival, an organization that defends indigenous rights. Theodore Macdonald is a Lecturer in Anthropology and Social Studies at Harvard University and was affiliated with the University Committee on Human Rights Studies. Biorn Maybury-Lewis is Dean of Academic Affairs at the New England ... Read more
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