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Author Robarchek, Clayton Allen, 1939-

Title Waorani : the contexts of violence and war / Clayton Robarchek and Carole Robarchek
Published Fort Worth ; London : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1998

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Description xii,202 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 24cm
Series Case studies in cultural anthropology
Case studies in cultural anthropology.
Contents Pt. 1. Studying War. 1. Preparations. 2. The Waorani War Complex. 3. The Fieldwork -- Pt. 2. The Contexts of War. 4. The Material Context: Environment and Technology. 5. The Historical Context. 6. The Social/Cultural Context. 7. The Individual/Psychological Context. 8. Waorani Warfare in Context -- Pt. 3. Contexts Revised. 9. The Renunciation of Violence. 10. Action in a New World: Ethnogenesis and the Return of Violence
Bibliography Includes bibliography and index
Subject Huao Indians -- Social life and customs.
Huao Indians -- Warfare.
Huao Indians -- Wars.
Huao Indians.
Violence -- Case studies.
Violence -- Social aspects -- Ecuador.
War and society -- Ecuador -- Case studies.
Author Robarchek, Carole, 1943-
LC no. 97076877
ISBN 0155037978 (paperback)