Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya (Antipode Book Series)

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Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya by Joel Wainwright

Blaut Award in recognition ofinnovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology Honors ofthe CAPE specialty group Cultural and Political Ecology Decolonizing Development investigates the wayscolonialism shaped the modern world by analyzing the relationshipbetween colonialism and development as forms of power. Based on novel interpretati Winner of the James M. Based on novel interpretations of postcolonial and Marxisttheory and applied to original research data Amply supplemented with maps and illustrations An intriguing and invaluable resource for scholars ofpostcolonialism, development, geography, and the Maya Paperback , pages.

Published February 1st by Wiley-Blackwell first published February 15th To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Decolonizing Development , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Decolonizing Development. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. May 01, Doc rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Although this book is written from all sorts of post- perspectives postcolonialism, post-structuralism, post-Marxism, postmodernism , it's remarkably clear and grounded in historical and ethnographic detail.

This last bit is ironic, because the author a geographer explicitly critiques anthropology and the ethnographic tradition, yet it's obvious to me that his work with the Maya movement helped him frame his argument and provided data I'm not yet cert Although this book is written from all sorts of post- perspectives postcolonialism, post-structuralism, post-Marxism, postmodernism , it's remarkably clear and grounded in historical and ethnographic detail. I'm not yet certain how I feel about his arguments, but it's a great intro to contemporary radical geographic theories of space and territory, as well as an attempt to think through decolonizing and critiquing development.

Joel Wainwright Find more information about: Decolonizing Development investigates the ways colonialism shaped the modern world by analyzing the relationship between colonialism and development as forms of power. Publisher Synopsis "Wainwright is to be applauded for marshalling his considerable intellectual skills to advancing our understanding of Maya colonial experiences past and present in the confines of Belize.

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