Yanomami warfare : a political history /

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Author / Creator:Ferguson, R. Brian
Imprint:Sante Fe, N.M. : School of American Research Press ; [Seattle] : Distributed by the University of Washington Press, c1995.
Description:p. cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1637437
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ISBN:0933452381 (cloth)
0933452411 (paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Theory. 1. Yanomami and the Study of War. 2. The Problem of Western Goods. 3. The Use of Force
  • Pt. II. Background and Comparisons. 4. Lands, Languages, and Ancient Society. 5. Early Encounters. 6. The Sanema. 7. The Ninam. 8. The Yanomam
  • Pt. III. The Yanomamo. 9. The Yanomamo through the Rubber Years: 1820 to 1920. 10. The Yanomamo during the Western Retraction: 1920 to 1940. 11. Maneuvering into War: The Yanomamo, 1940 to 1950. 12. The Yanomamo and the Missionaries: 1950 to 1960. 13. The Yanomamo and the Anthropologist: 1960 to 1966. 14. The Yanomamo, 1966 to 1992: Acculturation Accelerates. 15. Explaining Yanomami Warfare: Alternatives and Implications.