Report from the Frontier Julian Burger

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Explores and critiques the relationship between the West and indigenous peoples.

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Report from the Frontier: The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples Julian Burger

The Western view of native people is a cliched mixture of misinformation. The prevailing view has often been that indigenous peoples were merely obstacles to the onward march of progress. Even now the echoes of history remain strong. Today, however, the lands of indigenous peoples are the new frontier full of the raw materials coveted by industrial society. This new colonization recalls the old: the same impetus to civilise exists today in the minds of political leaders, World Bank officials and transnational corporations. Yet it is an ill-disguised bonanza with no thought for the long-term effects on the land, or the people who live there. Only the elimination of the colonial relationship itself can lead to a partnership of cultures.

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This is an exhaustive report on the condition (as of 1987) of several hundred of the world's surviving native nations. Covering all continents, the book gives historical accounts of the arrival of the colonial pavers, the suppression of autonomy, the alienation from native lands and customs, and the current situation. [...] Population tables, maps, chronologies, resource, guides and other helpful devices make Report from the Frontier an absolutely essential document for anyone seeking to grasp the big picture on the situation of native peoples on the planet today.' Jerry Mander

Über Julian Burger

Dr Julian Burger is Visiting Professor at the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex in the UK. Before taking up his University appointment, he worked at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for 20 years during which time he headed the programme on indigenous peoples and minorities. During this period, he organized the discussions on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and helped launch the principle human rights mechanisms on indigenous peoples - the Special Rapporteur, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He also helped establish inter-agency networks of UN organizations to improve integration of indigenous and minority rights into development programmes. He has visited indigenous and minority communities in many parts of the world. He has published books and articles on indigenous peoples and human rights since the 1980s

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
1. Unwelcome Development
2. Peoples at the Frontier
3. Life at the Bottom
4. The Colonial Experience
5. The Indigenous Movement Today
6. Indians in the Backyard: Central America and Mexico
7. The Indians of South America
8. The Colonization of Asia's Tribal Peoples
9. The Threatened Peoples of Africa
10. Indigenous Peoples in Rich Countries
11. Indigenous Minorities in Socialist Countries
12. Banks and Corporations
13. International Action
14. Echoes in the West
Appendix: Selected List of Organizations
Select Bibliography
Index

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR013711716

ISBN 13

9780862323912

ISBN 10

0862323916

Titel

Report from the Frontier: The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples Julian Burger

Autor

Julian Burger

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Bindung

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Verlag

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Datum

1987-01-01

Anzahl der Seiten

320

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