The Conquest of the Desert: Argentina's Indigenous Peoples and the Battle for History

294 Pages·2020·9.065 MB·English

by  Carolyne R. Larson (editor)

The ConquesT of The DeserT

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eDiTeD by CArolyne r . lArson
C O N Q U E S T
T H E

D E S E R T
O F T H E

ArgenTinA’s inDigenous p eoples
AnD The bATTle for his Tory
University of New Mexico Press ·Albuquerque
© 2020 by University of New Mexico Press
All rights reserved. Published 2020
Printed in the United States of America
isbn 978-0-8263-6206-3 (cloth)
isbn 978-0-8263-6207-0 (paper)
isbn 978-0-8263-6208-7 (e-book)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020945493
Cover phoTogrAph: Courtesy of the Museo Etnográfico
Juan B. Ambrosetti, Universidad de Buenos Aires,
photographic archives. Used with permission.
DesigneD by Mindy Basinger Hill
F O R S A M

C O N T E N T S
List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
inTroDuCTion Three
Tracing the Battle for History Environment and the Conquest
CArolyne r. lArson of the Desert, 1876–1885
1 rob ChrisTensen
71
one
The Conquest of the Desert: four
The Official Story Live Indians in the Museum:
CArolyne r. lArson Connecting Evolutionary
17 Anthropology with the
Conquest of the Desert
Two riCArDo D. sAlvATore
“Occupy Every Road and 97
Prepare for Combat”: Mapuche
and Tehuelche Leaders Face five
the War in Patagonia Beyond the “Desert”: Indigenous
Julio vezub AnD Genocide as a Structuring Event
mArk heAley in Northern Patagonia
43 wAlTer Delrio
AnD pilAr pérez
122