Invented Eden: The Elusive, Disputed History of the Tasaday

by Robin Hemley

Book Overview

In 1971 Manual Elizalde, a Philippine government minister with a dubious background, discovered a band of twenty-six "Stone Age" rain-forest dwellers living in total isolation. The tribe was soon... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374177163
• ISBN13: 9780374177164
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Read!

This is really a great book! It's informative, but the information is rendered in an unpretentious and accessible style. Regarding the Tasaday controversy, Hemley is fairminded and never preachy. I learned more about the complexities of interactions between the third world and the developed world, and between native peoples and non-native peoples, than anything else I've read.This book is a must for anyone interested in the fate of native peoples and their habitats. It's also very informative about the cynicism of American network news.A great book!