Title Landscapes of power and identity : comparative histories in the Sonoran desert and the forests of Amazonia from colony to republic / Cynthia Radding

Published Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps Series e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents Ecological and cultural frontiers in Sonora and Chiquitos -- Political economy : communities and conflicting claims to property -- Ethnic mosaics and gendered identities -- Power negotiated, power defied : political culture, governance, and mobilization -- Priests and Shamans : spiritual power, ritual and knowledge -- Postcolonial landscapes : transitions from colony to republic -- Contested landscapes in continental borderlands Summary This comparative frontier history explores the role that natural environments played in shaping the contours of European-indigenous encounters and processes of colonization Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-421) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Landscape changes -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Landscape changes -- Bolivia -- Chiquitos (Province) Land use -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Land use -- Bolivia -- Chiquitos (Province) Landscape ecology -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Landscape ecology -- Bolivia -- Chiquitos (Province) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography. Ecology Land use Landscape changes Landscape ecology Social conditions Geografia humana -- México;bolívia. SUBJECT Sonora (Mexico : State) -- Social conditions Sonora (Mexico : State) -- Environmental conditions Chiquitos (Bolivia : Province) -- History Chiquitos (Bolivia : Province) -- Environmental conditions Subject Bolivia -- Chiquitos (Province) Mexico -- Sonora (State) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822387404 0822387409 0822336898 9780822336891

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