The Conquest of the Desert: Argentina's Indigenous Peoples and the Battle for History

by Carolyne R. Larson (Editor)

Overview

This collection explores issues of settler colonialism, Indigenous-state relations, genocide, borderlands, and Indigenous cultures and land rights through essays that reexamine one of Argentina's most important historical periods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826362063
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	11/20/2020
Series:	Di logos Series
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carolyne R. Larson is an associate professor of history at St. Norbert College and the author of Our Indigenous Ancestors: A Cultural History of Museums, Science, and Identity in Argentina, 1877-1943.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Tracing the Battle for History
Carolyne R. Larson
Chapter One. The Conquest of the Desert: The Official Story
Carolyne R. Larson
Chapter Two. "Occupy Every Road and Prepare for Combat": Mapuche and Tehuelche Leaders Face the War in Patagonia
Julio Vezub and Mark Healey
Chapter Three. Environment and the Conquest of the Desert, 1876-1885
Rob Christensen
Chapter Four. Live Indians in the Museum: Connecting Evolutionary Anthropology with the Conquest of the Desert
Ricardo D. Salvatore
Chapter Five. Beyond the "Desert": Indigenous Genocide as a Structuring Event in Northern Patagonia
Walter Delrio and Pilar Pérez
Chapter Six. Redefining Borders: The Desert in Argentine Literature
Jennie I. Daniels
Chapter Seven. The Long Conquista del Desierto and the Making of Military Government Indigenous Policy, 1976-1983
David M. K. Sheinin
Chapter Eight. Senses of Painful Experience: Memory of the Mapuche People in Violent Times
Ana Ramos
Chapter Nine. Mapping Mapuche Territory: Reimagining the Conquest of the Desert
Sarah D. Warren

Bibliography
Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

The volume brings together scholars from Argentina, the United States, and Canada in different stages of their careers and from different disciplines. It successfully weaves a multifaceted approach to the study of a single moment in a single space, benefiting from a wealth of sources and disciplinary frameworks.—María de los Ángeles Picone, H-LatAm

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