Manifest Destinies and Indigenous Peoples by Theodore Macdonald, Anders Stephanson, Claudia Briones, Joao Pacheco de Oliveira, Roger Nichols, J. Edward Chamberlain, Richard White, David Maybury-Lewis, Biorn Maybury-Lewis
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Description Maybury-Lewis saw Latin American frontiers as unknown physical spaces and unexplored academic "territory." The authors examine narratives that stirred or rationalized expansion, and emphasize their impact on native residents. The essays suggest a view of nationalism as theoretical concept and of frontier expansion as historical phenomenon.
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How was frontier expansion rationalized in the Americas during the late nineteenth century? As new states fleshed out expanded national maps, how did they represent their advances? Were there any distinct pan-American patterns? The renowned anthropologist and human rights advocate David Maybury-Lewis saw the Latin American frontiers as relatively unknown physical spaces as well as unexplored academic "territory." He invited eight specialists to explore public narratives of the expansion of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and the western regions of Canada and the United States during the late nineteenth century, a time when those who then identified as "Americans" claimed territories in which indigenous peoples, who were now seen as economic and political obstacles, lived. The authors examine the narrative forms that stirred or rationalized expansion, and emphasize their impact on the native residents.The authors illustrate the variety and the similarities of these nationalist ideas and experiences, which were generally expressed in symbolic and cultural terms rather than on simple materialist or essentialist grounds. The cases also point out that civic nationalism, often seem as inclusive and more benign than ethnic nationalism, can produce similarly destructive human and cultural ends. The essays thus suggest a view of nationalism as a theoretical concept, and of frontier expansion as a historical phenomenon.
Author Biography
David Maybury-Lewis was Edward C. Henderson Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University and founder and president of Cultural Survival, an organization that defends indigenous rights. Theodore Macdonald is a Lecturer in Anthropology and Social Studies at Harvard University and was affiliated with the University Committee on Human Rights Studies. Biorn Maybury-Lewis is Dean of Academic Affairs at the New England Institute of Art.
Details ISBN 0674033132 ISBN-13 9780674033139 Title Manifest Destinies and Indigenous Peoples Author Theodore Macdonald, Anders Stephanson, Claudia Briones, Joao Pacheco de Oliveira, Roger Nichols, J. Edward Chamberlain, Richard White, David Maybury-Lewis, Biorn Maybury-Lewis Format Paperback Year 2009 Pages 300 Publisher Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies GE_Item_ID:161738456; About Us
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