Maybury-Lewis, David

Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State

Foreword to the Series vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Indigenous Peoples 1(46) Genocide in the Americas 1(5) Indigenous Peoples: Subordinated and Marginalized 6(5) Imperialism and Evolutionary Theory 11(2) Ethnocide and its Justifications 13(12) Mexico 13(5) Brazil 18(7) Ethnocide: The Counter-Arguments 25(7) Nomads 26(3) Backwardness and Cultural Survival 29(2) The Supposed Threat to the State 31(1) India: Where Indigenous is Scheduled 32(5) Southeast Asia and Indonesia: Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities 37(5) Africa and the Politics of Tribalism 42(2) Conclusion 44(3) Ethnic Groups 47(34) Uncertain Ethnicity 47(4) Large Multiethnic States 51(17) The Former Soviet Union 51(12) China 63(5) Ethnicity Within The System 68(9) Indonesia 68(5) Spain 73(4) Conclusion 77(4) Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing 81(24) Rwanda 81(7) The Former Yugoslavia 88(11) Conclusion 99(6) The State 105(26) State and Nation 105(7) Ideal State and Real States 112(2) Ethnicity and the State Reconsidered 114(7) Tribalism as Marginality and Metaphor 121(10) Different States, Different World 131(6) References 137(6) Index 143