Strategies for Survival: The Psychology of Cultural Resilience in Ethnic Minorities

Why does one society survive while others perish? When two cultures come into contact, how do exploitation, violence, and terror arise? Interested in the survival of various cultures in the face of encroaching white civilization, the author has studied five separate groups in Venezuela and Colombia and documented their successes and failures.

• | By (Author): Peter Elsass
• | Publisher: New York University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 1995
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 282 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0814721966
• | ISBN-13: 9780814721964