{"product_id":"defending-the-land-ronald-niezen-9780205651085","title":"Defending the Land: Sovereignty and Forest Life in James Bay Cree Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable for both introductory anthropology and upper-division courses in cultural anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe campaign of the Cree people to protect their forest culture from the impact of hydro-electric development in northern Quebec has been widely-documented. Few have heard in any detail about this campaign's outcome and impact upon indigenous societies' futures. This text gives equal attention to the Cree leadership's successful strategies for dealing with major social and environmental pressures with the forces of acculturation and native communities' social destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe titles in the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr. of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Each ethnography builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Niezen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0205651089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780205651085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Ronald Niezen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913414967551,"sku":"9780205651085","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0e52ffa9-a188-4689-bd0f-3387daf23d34.jpg?v=1680620278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/defending-the-land-ronald-niezen-9780205651085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}