Darkness in El Dorado - Info and Reading Options
how scientists and journalists devastated the Amazon
By Patrick Tierney
"Darkness in El Dorado" was published by Norton in 2000 - New York, it has 417 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Darkness in El Dorado” Metadata:
- Title: Darkness in El Dorado
- Author: Patrick Tierney
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 417
- Publisher: Norton
- Publish Date: 2000
- Publish Location: New York
“Darkness in El Dorado” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Ausrottung - Yanomami (Indiens) - Yanomamo - Uitbuiting - Mines et extraction - Attitudes envers les Indiens - Indiens d'Amérique, Attitudes envers les - Gold mines and mining - Déontologie - Appréciation - Conditions sociales - Crimes contre les - Regenwald - Cultureel antropologen - Crimes against - Public opinion - Genocide - Or - Zerstörung - Anthropologues - Influence - Yanomamo Indians - Beroepsethiek - Social conditions - Anthropological ethics - Treatment of Indians - Etnocide - Indians of Central America - Indians, Treatment of - Indians of south america, social conditions - Indians of south america, history - Gold mines and mining, south america - Amazon river and valley - New York Times reviewed
- People: Napoléon A. Chagnon (1938-) - Napoleon A. Chagnon (1938-)
- Places: Amazon River Region - Amazonie - Amazonastiefland - Yanoama
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: ➤ xxvii, 417 p., [16] p. of plates :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL24745805M - OL15835650W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 43836632
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 00038682
- ISBN-13: 9780393049220
- ISBN-10: 0393049221
- All ISBNs: 0393049221 - 9780393049220
AI-generated Review of “Darkness in El Dorado”:
"Darkness in El Dorado" Table Of Contents:
- 1- pt. 1.
- 2- Guns, germs, and anthropologists, 1964-1972 -- -- ch. 1.
- 3- Savage encounters -- -- ch. 2.
- 4- At play in the field -- -- ch. 3.
- 5- The Napoleonic Wars -- -- ch. 4.
- 6- Atomic Indians -- -- ch. 5.
- 7- Outbreak -- -- ch. 6.
- 8- Filming the feast -- -- ch. 7.
- 9- A mythical village -- -- pt. 2.
- 10- In their own image, 1972-1994 -- -- ch. 8.
- 11- Erotic Indians -- -- ch. 9.
- 12- That Charlie -- -- ch. 10.
- 13- To murder and to multiply -- -- ch. 11.
- 14- A kingdom of their own -- -- ch. 12.
- 15- The massacre at Haximu -- -- ch. 13.
- 16- Warriors of the Amazon -- -- pt. 3.
- 17- Ravages of El Dorado, 1996-1999 -- -- ch. 14.
- 18- Into the vortex -- -- ch. 15.
- 19- In Helena's footsteps -- -- ch. 16.
- 20- Gardens of hunger, dogs of war -- -- ch. 17.
- 21- Machines that make black magic -- -- ch. 18.
- 22- Human products and the isotope men -- -- appendix.
- 23- Mortality at Yanomami villages.
Snippets and Summary:
The thunderous descent of the military helicopter at the village of Dorita-teri drove Yanomami Indian women and children screaming into the surrounding plantain gardens.
"Darkness in El Dorado" Description:
The Open Library:
Examines the destructive impact of journalists, anthropologists, and scientists on the Yanomami Indians, one of the Amazon Basin's oldest tribes.
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