| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index. |
| Contents |
Imperialism then and now -- Indigenous knowledge, power, and responsibility -- Value-neutrality and value-bifurcation : the cultural politics of science -- The rhetoric of research justification -- Indigenist critiques of biocolonialism -- The commodification of knowledge -- Intellectual property rights as means and mechanism of imperialism -- Transforming sovereignties. |
| Summary |
This book examines how contemporary relations between indigenous and Western nations are shaped by the dynamics of power, the politics of property, and the apologetics of law. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Intellectual property.
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Intellectual property. |
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Traditional ecological knowledge -- Law and legislation.
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Traditional ecological knowledge -- Law and legislation. |
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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Sociological jurisprudence. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Whitt, Laurelyn. Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521119535 (DLC) 2009011815 (OCoLC)316737098 |
| ISBN |
9780511651564 (electronic book) |
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0511651562 (electronic book) |
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9780521119535 (hardback) |
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