About the Author

Joanna Crow is lecturer in Latin American Studies at the University of Bristol.

Reviews

"This outstanding book provides an original and well-documented perspective on the history of indigenous people in Chile. Essential."--Choice
"A nuanced and insightful analysis of the myriad ways in which Mapuche have responded to state notions of ethnic and national identity."--Journal of Latin American Studies
"Deeply impressive . . . illuminating . . . outstanding. . . . This sensitively written book provides readers with a full appreciation of the plight of the Mapuche in modern Chile."--International Affairs
"This lucidly written book adds to the increasingly rich literature dealing with strategies employed by indigenous groups in Latin America as they negotiate with central states for greater cultural and political authority."--American Historical Review
"[Crow] examines the individual trajectories of key Mapuche intellectuals that allow the reader to understand Mapuche (trans)national engagements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. . . . [and] provides news insights into the well-known tensions between leftist class-based movements and Mapuche grassroots organizations in the 1960s and 1970s."--Latin American Research Review