About this title: 'The earth is the mother of all things'; thus begins this original and accessible book on how the Kuna of Panama relate to the natural world. An integrative project involving Kuna traditional leaders and trained scholars, and fully illustrated by a Kuna artist, this translation of "Plantas y animales en la vida del pueblo Kuna" focuses on Kuna plant and animal life, social life, and social change as a means of saving traditional ecological knowledge and 'returning' it to the community. The authors hope to preserve the Kuna environment not only by reviving traditional technologies but also by ...
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Edition: First Edition stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292787254ISBN:0292787251
Description: B&w illustrations. Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. [xviii], 150pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292787261ISBN:029278726X
Description: Very Good+ 029278726X. Text clean and tight; LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series; 0.49 x 9.02 x 6.08 Inches; 168 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth Hardcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292787254ISBN:0292787251
Description: Like New/No Jacket. 0292787251. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292787254ISBN:0292787251
Description: Fine. First Edition. Translated by Elisabeth King. Fine. Hardcover; turquoise cloth; no jacket as issued; 150 pp.; b/w illustrations; a crisp, clean, copy. read more
Edition: First US Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292787254ISBN:0292787251
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0292787251. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: AUDIO FORUM
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292787261ISBN:029278726X
Description: New. "Plants and Animals...documents Kuna culture, subsistence strategies, and traditional ecological knowledge while warning of the dangers of increased involvement in market economies. It does what many advocate but few accomplish by presenting indige... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780292787261ISBN:029278726X
Description: New. Focuses on Kuna plant and animal life, social life, and social change as a means of saving traditional ecological knowledge and 'returning' it to the community. This book seeks to develop native self-awareness and provide a model for collaboration. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13:9780292787261ISBN:029278726X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13:9780292787261ISBN:029278726X
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