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Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia Paperback – Illustrated, December 29, 2006

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The first synthesis of the writings of ethnologists, historians, and anthropologists on contemporary Arawakan cultures

Before they were largely decimated and dispersed by the effects of European colonization, Arawak-speaking peoples were the most widespread language family in Latin America and the Caribbean, and they were the first people Columbus encountered in the Americas. Comparative Arawakan Histories, in paperback for the first time, examines social structures, political hierarchies, rituals, religious movements, gender relations, and linguistic variations through historical perspectives to document sociocultural diversity across the diffused Arawakan diaspora.

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  1. Print length
    340 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Illinois Press
  4. Publication date
    December 29, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    8.76 x 5.66 x 0.76 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0252073843
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0252073847
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"A tour de force of scholarship by individuals at the very cutting edge of their discipline." -- Norman Whitten

About the Author

Jonathan D. Hill is chair of the Department of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is the author of Keepers of the Sacred Chants: The Poetics of Ritual Power in an Amazonian Society.Fernando Santos-Granero is a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and the author of The Power of Love: The Moral Use of Knowledge amongst the Amuesha of Central Peru.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Illinois Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 29, 2006
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 340 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0252073843
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0252073847
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.76 x 5.66 x 0.76 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #6,173,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)