Savages

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Savages / Joe Kane.

Kane, Joe (Joseph A.), 1953- (Author).

Summary:

Booknews: An American journalist recounts the story of the struggle for autonomy by the Huaorani, a nation of 1,300 nomadic Amazonian Indians, whose oil-rich territory has been besieged by hell-bent oil companies, missionaries, unscrupulous bureaucrats, and environmentalists, all claiming to represent the Huaorani's best interests.

Record details

ISBN: 0679740198
ISBN: 9780679740193
Physical Description: xi, 274 pages, [14] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1995"--Title page verso.

"Portions of this book were originally published in The New Yorker in slightly different form as 'Amazon showdown: a Stone Age tribe fights American oil' (9/27/93) and 'an Amazon Indian in D.C.'s jungle' (5/2/94)"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274).
Formatted Contents Note:: Pronunciation guide to some Huaorani names -- Prologue -- 1: East -- 2: West -- 3: Among the cannibals -- Epilogue to the vintage edition -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography.

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Subject:: Huao Indians > Land tenure.
Human ecology > Ecuador.
Human ecology > Amazon River Valley.
Petroleum industry and trade > Ecuador.
Petroleum industry and trade > Amazon River Valley.
Petroleum industry and trade
Huao Indians > Land tenure.
Human ecology.
Amazon River Valley.
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