Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1951. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the American experiment in imperialism, from the Louisiana purchase to the annexation of Hawaii and the occupation of Japan and Korea and the islands of the South Pacific and the Philippines after World War II. Maps. Sources, notes, index. ix, 460 pp.
Condition: Near fine in light green cloth in a very good dust jacket (some tidemarks visible on the verso of the dj).
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Thought to be the last 'virgin' people, the Yanomami were considered the most savage and warlike tribe on earth, as well as one of the most remote, secreted in the jungles and highlands of the Venezuelan and Brazilian rainforest. Preeminent anthropologists like Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot founded their careers in the 1960s by 'discovering' the Yanomami's ferocious warfare and sexual competition. Their research is now examined in painstaking detail by Patrick Tierney, whose book has prompted the American Anthropological Association to launch a major investigation into the charges, and has ignited the academic world like no other book in recent years. . . He explores…
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Thought to be the last 'virgin' people, the Yanomami were considered the most savage and warlike tribe on earth, as well as one of the most remote, secreted in the jungles and highlands of the Venezuelan and Brazilian rainforest. Preeminent anthropologists like Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot founded their careers in the 1960s by 'discovering' the Yanomami's ferocious warfare and sexual competition. Their research is now examined in painstaking detail by Patrick Tierney, whose book has prompted the American Anthropological Association to launch a major investigation into the charges, and has ignited the academic world like no other book in recent years. . . He explores the hypocrisy, distortions and humanitarian crimes committed in the name of research . . a new chapter in the long sorrowful history of cultural imperialism." A National Book Award finalist; a New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, and a Boston Globe Best Book of the Year. Map. Photographs by Valdir Cruz. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xxvii, 417 pp. ISBN: 0-393049221.
AMERICA'S COLONIAL EXPERIMENT: How the United States Gained, Governed, and In Part Gave Away a Colonial Empire.
DARKNESS IN EL DORADO: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon.
