Countering Development: Indigenous Modernity and the Moral Imagination

by David D. Gow

Book Overview

Cauca, located in southwestern Colombia and home to the largest indigenous population in the country, is renowned as a site of indigenous mobilization. In 1994, following a destructive earthquake, many families in Cauca were forced to leave their communities of origin and relocate to other areas within the province where the state provided them with land and housing. Noting that disasters offer communities the opportunity to remake themselves and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822341719
• ISBN13: 9780822341710
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"