A Global History of Indigenous Peoples: Struggle and Survival

by Kenneth S. Coates

A Global History of Indigenous Peoples examines the history of the indigenous/tribal peoples of the world. The work spans the period from the pivotal migrations which saw the peopling of the world, examines the processes by which tribal peoples established themselves as separate from surplus-based and more material societies, and considers the impact of the policies of domination and colonization which brought dramatic change to indigenous cultures. The book covers both tribal societies affected by the expansion of European empires and those indigenous cultures influenced by the economic and military expansion of non-European powers. The work concludes with a discussion of contemporary political and legal conflicts between tribal peoples and nation-states and the on-going effort to sustain indigenous cultures in the face of globalization, resource developments and continued threats to tribal lands and societies.

Genres: History

308 pages, Paperback

First published October 29, 2004

About the author

See also Ken S. Coates

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Coates, K. S. (Kenneth Stephen), 1956-
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Ken Coates (born in Alberta in 1956 and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon) is a Canadian historian focused on the history of the Canadian North and Aboriginal rights and indigenous claims. Other areas of specialization include Arctic sovereignty;[1] science, technology and society, with an emphasis on Japan; world and comparative history; and post-secondary education.

Reviews

[Haley Kamikawa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seriously such a blessing that I found this at a warehouse sale cause this book was so helpful for me as I write my thesis. I think the author did such a good job at articulating the need to discuss indigenous history as a bidirectional event and straying away from a Eurocentric perspective and definition of indigenous peoples. It was so cool to see the similarities and differences across indigenous groups around the world. For a history book I felt this was very entertaining and not as dry as I was worried it would be

[Malcolm · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really ambitious attempt to trace the history of indigenous peoples flawed only by the problem of defining indigenous peoples – but then none of the rest of us has come up with a definition that is really tight so I shouldn't expect Coates to do so. An extremely valuable addition to scholarly writing in this area.