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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442602168

Content: Globalization has reached even the most remote areas of Latin America, pushing traditional peoples and habitats to the brink of extinction and offering a stark choice: adapt or perish. Local communities are scrambling to adjust to new market and social realities while trying to hold on to those cultural values that they regard as non-negotiable. This book tells the important story of three Latin American communities experiencing globalization at the point of contact between tradition and modernity: Brazil's rubber tappers, Bolivia's Guaraní Indians, and Nicaragua's women cooperativists. Through exclusive, in-depth interviews, Heyck describes globalization and development in the words of people who are experiencing these forces at the grassroots level. The result is a multifaceted understanding of local and global connections and of the human, cultural, and religious dimensions of globalization.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , Part I. Brazil -- , Introduction -- , Interviews -- , Conclusion -- , Part II. Bolivia -- , Introduction -- , Interviews -- , Conclusion -- , Part III. Nicaragua -- , Introduction -- , Interviews -- , Conclusion -- , Conclusion -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442602168

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442602168

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442602168