Description
Based on extensive fieldwork and ongoing contact with local indigenous organizations in Paraguay, John Renshaw presents an overview of latest Indian life within the Paraguayan Chaco. He describes the subsistence and market economies, household and kinship systems, political organization, and the challenges of economic development. Renshaw also examines the experiences of indigenous organizations and the affect of development projects and considers if it is imaginable to envisage a program of social and economic development that would respect and reinforce the Indians’ sense of identity.