Voelkl, Pilar Sánchez

Indigenous Settlers of the Galápagos : Conservation Law, Race, and Society / Pilar Sánchez Voelkl. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2022. - xiii, 229 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One Ecuadorian Colonization
Chapter Two Science Takes on the Galápagos
Chapter Three From the Andean Highlands to the Galápagos Islands
Chapter Four Salasaca Colonos
Chapter Five The Disappearing "Colono"
Chapter Six Translating Conservation Law
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Pilar Sánchez Voelkl offers an anthropological account of the early arrival and prominence of Indigenous peoples in the Galápagos Islands. Their history and everyday life reveal how multiple notions of nature, race, and society travel and meet, shaping the way conservation thought is translated into law.

9781666906592


Galapagos Islands.
Indians of South America.

986.65074 / VOE