| Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya Contributor(s): Wainwright, Joel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405157062 ISBN-13: 9781405157063 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $42.51 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Postcolonialism and political economy are brought together in this groundbreaking book to examine development among the Maya of Belize. "Decolonizing Development" investigates the ways colonialism shaped the modern world by analyzing the relationship between colonialism and development. Through close readings of archival texts, maps, and development practices, Joel Wainwright unearths the roots of centuries of struggle over the representation of the Maya and their lands. He traces the shifts in discourses on this pre-Columbian civilization and documents indigenous resistance to the British colonial state. The politics of state-led development projects since the 1950s are explored through three case studies: the works of a soil scientist who served the British colonial state in Belize; two agricultural development projects that intended to settle Maya agriculture by improving mechanized rice production; and a "counter-mapping" project that offers an indigenous view of the geography of southern Belize. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Latin America - Central America |
| Dewey: 305.897 |
| LCCN: 2007026743 |
| Series: Antipode Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.07" W x 9.02" (1.06 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Latin America |
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| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2010 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology (Honors of the CAPE specialty group (Cultural and Political Ecology)) Decolonizing Development investigates the ways colonialism shaped the modern world by analyzing the relationship between colonialism and development as forms of power.
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