| Description |
1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; TELLING NAMES The Amazon Forest, the Old Caledonian Forest, and the Battle of Wounded Knee. What names mean. Arrival and first weeks with the Wayap.; AT LONG HAMMOCK In the woods. Men hunting. Women and manioc.; OTHER VOICES Missionaries. Government officials. An exiled Indian.; ROMANCE Understanding and idealization. Sprees, drunkenness, and dancing. Murder. 'Lesser breeds without the Law.' Chiefs and power. |
| Summary |
A beautifully written account of time spent with the Wayapi that looks forward to Wayapi survivors one hundred years from now and considers what will be left as the destruction of the Amazon rainforest proceeds. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wayampi Indians.
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Wayampi Indians. |
| Indexed Term |
American Indians |
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South America |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Campbell, Alan Tormaid. Getting to know Waiwai. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995 0415125561 (DLC) 94042515 (OCoLC)31434278 |
| ISBN |
0203432800 (electronic book) |
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9780203432808 (electronic book) |
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9780415125567 (hardback) |
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0415125561 (hardback) |
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9780415125574 (paperback) |
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041512557X (paperback) |
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0415125561 (cloth) |
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041512557X (paperback) |
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