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Author Mander, Jerry.

Title In the absence of the sacred : the failure of technology and the survival of the Indian nations / Jerry Mander.

Imprint San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 1992.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Eucalyptus  970.00497 M312i 1992    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition Sierra Club books pbk. ed.
Description 446 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-426) and index.
Summary This discussion of the impact of technology on native peoples, in economic, physical, cultural and spiritual aspects, includes the 'Fourth World' and speculation on the future of society and the world economy.
Contents Questions we should have asked about technology -- The inevitable direction of megatechnology -- Suppression of the native alternative -- World war against the Indians.
Subject Indians -- Social conditions.
Indians -- Land tenure.
Indians -- Civil rights.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Technology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Indians -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00969322
Indians -- Land tenure. (OCoLC)fst00969363
Indians -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00969403
Technology -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145164
Technology -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145202
ISBN 0871565099 (pbk.)
9780871565099 (pbk.)

 
    
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