The Miskitu People of Awastara
Language: en
Pages: 324

The Miskitu People of Awastara

Authors: Philip A. Dennis
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-28 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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"Most anthropologists who have lived among other people . . . feel a periodic need to go back," writes Philip A. Dennis in the introduction to this book. "Field
Maternal Death and Pregnancy-Related Morbidity Among Indigenous Women of Mexico and Central America
Language: en
Pages: 789

Maternal Death and Pregnancy-Related Morbidity Among Indigenous Women of Mexico and Central America

Authors: David A. Schwartz
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-31 - Publisher: Springer

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This ambitious sourcebook surveys both the traditional basis for and the present state of indigenous women’s reproductive health in Mexico and Central America
The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver
Language: en
Pages: 203

The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver

Authors: Laura Hobson Herlihy
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-12 - Publisher: UNM Press

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Approximately 90 percent of Miskitu boys and men in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve along the north coast of Honduras have worked as deepwater divers in the
Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations
Language: en
Pages: 590

Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations

Authors: James B. Minahan
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-01 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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This book addresses the numerous national movements of ethnic groups around the world seeking independence, more self-rule, or autonomy—movements that have pr
The Awakening Coast
Language: en
Pages: 444

The Awakening Coast

Authors: Karl Offen
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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The indigenous and Creole inhabitants (Mosquitians of African descent) of the Mosquito Reserve in present-day Nicaragua underwent a key transformation when two