Upriver : the turbulent life and times of an Amazonian people /

Upriver : the turbulent life and times of an Amazonian people /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Brown, Michael F. (Michael Fobes), 1950- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014. ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Indians of South America -- Peru -- Amazonas -- Social conditions. Indians of South America -- Peru -- Amazonas -- Social life and customs. Indians of South America -- Peru -- Amazonas -- Folklore. Indians of South America. Indians of South America -- Social conditions. Indians of South America -- Social life and customs. Manners and customs. Social conditions. Amazonas (Peru) -- Social conditions. Amazonas (Peru) -- Social life and customs. Peru -- Amazonas. Electronic books. Folklore.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11236128

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ISBN:	9780674735583 0674735587 067436807X 9780674368071 9780674368071
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	[Description]In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajun--renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence--use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds.
Other form:	Print version: Brown, Michael F. (Michael Fobes), 1950- Upriver : the turbulent life and times of an Amazonian people. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, ©2014 321 pages 9780674368071
Standard no.:	10.4159/harvard.9780674735583

Table of Contents:

Andean prelude
Armadillo for breakfast
Puzzle pieces
Jesus versus the warrior spirits
Four weddings and a funeral
Trouble in mind
Hard lessons
Civilization's twisting road
Boundary condition
Looking back.