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LEADER: 01617pam 2200289 a 4500
001 95004258
003 DLC
005 20040323191733.0
008 950206s1995 nyuab b 000 0 eng
010 $a 95004258
020 $a0679411917
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $as-ec---$asa-----
050 00 $aF3722.1.H83$bK36 1995
082 00 $a333.3/0981/1$220
100 1 $aKane, Joe.
245 10 $aSavages /$cJoe Kane.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bKnopf :$bDistributed by Random House,$c1995.
300 $axi, 273 p. :$bcol. ill., map ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"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)"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-273).
520 1 $a"Journalist's fascinating and well-written account of the Huao peoples' struggle against North American oil companies and evangelical missionaries resulting from the construction of the oil pipeline in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Provides an insider's view of international NGO politics, indigenous federation politics, missionized indigenous peoples, and the special place occupied by the Huao in Ecuadorian indigenous struggles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/
650 0 $aHuaorani Indians$xLand tenure.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zEcuador.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zAmazon River Valley.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/95004258.html