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020			_a9780745672526
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a323.11 _bSa49i
100			_aSamson, Colin
245			_aIndigenous peoples and colonialism _bglobal perspectives _cColin Samson and Carlos Gigoux
260			_bPolity Press _c2017 _aCambridge
300			_axvii, 252p
520			_aIndigenous peoples have gained increasing international visibility in their fight against longstanding colonial occupation by nation-states. Although living in different locations around the world and practising highly varied ways of life, indigenous peoples nonetheless are affected by similar patterns of colonial dispossession and violence. In defending their collective rights to self-determination, culture, lands and resources, their resistance and creativity offer a pause for critical reflection on the importance of maintaining indigenous distinctiveness against the homogenizing forces of states and corporations. This timely book highlights significant colonial patterns of domination and their effects, as well as responses and resistance to colonialism. It brings indigenous peoples issues and voices to the forefront of sociological discussions of modernity. In particular, the book examines issues of identity, dispossession, environment, rights and revitalization in relation to historical and ongoing colonialism, showing that the experiences of indigenous peoples in wealthy and poor countries are often parallel and related. With a strong comparative scope and interdisciplinary perspective, the book is an essential introductory reading for students interested in race and ethnicity, human rights, development and indigenous peoples issues in an interconnected world.
650			_aIndigenous peoples -- Colonization
650			_aIndigenous peoples -- Government relations
650			_aIndigenous peoples -- Ethnic identity
700			_aGigoux, Carlos
942			_cBK
999			_c559364 _d559364