Cauca's Indigenous Movement in Southwestern Colombia : Land, Violence, and Ethnic Identity.
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TextSeries: The Peoples of "Latin" America and the Caribbean SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (221 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781498502290
- Cauca (Colombia : Department) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indians of South America -- Colombia -- Cauca (Department) -- Government relations
- Indians of South America -- Colombia -- Cauca (Department) -- History -- 20th century
- Indians of South America -- Colombia -- Cauca (Department) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- 305.8009861/53
- F2269.1.C375 T76 2015
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Manuel Quintín Lame and His Political Movement -- 3 Conversations between Indigenous Communities and the Central State in the 1930s and 1940s -- 4 The 1950s -- 5 The 1960s and the Birth of Division of Indigenous Affairs -- 6 Ethnic Citizenship in Colombia -- 7 Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
This book provides a vivid account of how the indigenous communities of Cauca in southwestern Colombia engaged with the Colombian central state. Troyanexamines the state initiatives in the 1930s, '50s, '60s, and '70s toward indigenous communities in Cauca, whichsheds light on the political and social construction of Colombian indigenous identity.
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