Manifest Destinies and Indigenous Peoples

Biorn Maybury-Lewis

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$29.95 • £23.95 • €27.00

ISBN 9780674033139

Publication Date: 05/31/2009

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300 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies > Series on Latin American Studies

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David Maybury-Lewis was Edward C. Henderson Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University and founder and president of Cultural Survival, an organization that defends indigenous rights.

Theodore Macdonald is a Lecturer in Anthropology and Social Studies at Harvard University and was affiliated with the University Committee on Human Rights Studies.

Biorn Maybury-Lewis is Dean of Academic Affairs at the New England Institute of Art.

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