A Global History of Indigenous Peoples

Struggle and Survival

K. Coates

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN:
  9780333921500
• eBook ISBN:
  9780230509078
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: History

A Global History of Indigenous Peoples examines the history of the indigenous/tribal peoples of the world. The work spans the period from the pivotal migrations which saw the peopling of the world, examines the processes by which tribal peoples established themselves as separate from surplus-based and more material societies, and considers the impact of the policies of domination and colonization which brought dramatic change to indigenous cultures. The book covers both tribal societies affected by the expansion of European empires and those indigenous cultures influenced by the economic and military expansion of non-European powers. The work concludes with a discussion of contemporary political and legal conflicts between tribal peoples and nation-states and the on-going effort to sustain indigenous cultures in the face of globalization, resource developments and continued threats to tribal lands and societies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introduction: Indigenous Peoples in the Age of Globalization
• 1 Peopling the Earth: The Greatest Migration
• 2 Peoples of the Land: Spiritual and Cultural Roots of Indigenous Societies
• 3 Mutual Discovery: Tribal Peoples and the First Wave of Globalization
• 4 Resistance and Adaptation: Indigenous Reaction to Newcomer Occupations
• 5 Biological Changes: Ecological Imperialism and the Transformation of Tribal Worlds
• 6 Spiritual Contests: Missionaries, Christianity, and Indigenous Societies
• 7 Administered Peoples: Indigenous Nations and Regulated Societies
• 8 Final Invasions: War, Resource Development, and the Occupation of Tribal Territories
• 9 Continuing the Struggle: Indigenous Protests, Legal Agendas, and Aboriginal Internationalism
• 10 Uncertainties: The Future of Indigenous Societies
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index