In July 1993, near Haximu, a tiny hamlet in the Amazon rainforest, a fateful meeting between a group of young Yanomami Indians and Brazilian gold miners resulted in the massacre of the Yanomami. News of the tragedy shocked Brazil and the world. But mysteries remained: What exactly happened at Haximu? How many people died? Who killed the Indians and why? Using eyewitness accounts, this work tells the story behind the Haximu massacre. Set in the context of the Amazon gold rush, it describes the failings of Brazil's official indigenous policy, the tragic cultural misunderstanding between the gold miners and Yanomami, and analyzes the role of gold fever in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and its people.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Latin America Bureau
ISBN-10
1899365370
ISBN-13
9781899365371
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30349107
Product Key Features
Author
Jan Rocha
Publication Name
Murder in the Rainforest : the Yanomami, the Gold Miners and the Amazon
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F2520.1.Y3r63 1999
Table of Content
Prelims - Murder in the Rainforest (Title Page, Copyright Information, Preface: A Note, Author's Note, Contents, Map, Acknowledgements, Chronicle of a Massacre)1. Murder in the Rainforest
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Developing & Emerging Countries, Sociology / General, Indigenous Studies