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Of Mixed Blood: Kinship and History in Peruvian Amazonia


Book Description
This book is an ethnography of the native people of the Bajo Urubamba river in Peruvian Amazonia. Gow attempts to account for the fact that the people of this region appear to be very acculturated when compared to better-known indigenous Amazonian peoples. He argues that when native people's claims are viewed from the perspective of their own values, and in the context of their creation of life th... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingHardcover
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages331
ISBN-10019827355X
ISBN-13978-0198273554
Publication Date12/19/1991
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About Peter Gow (Author) : Peter Gow is a published author of children's books. A published credit of Peter Gow is Of Mixed Blood: Kinship and History in Peruvian Amazonia (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology).
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