Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in Latin America

This book explores the culture of indigenous peoples in Latin America, the fundamental challenges they offer to traditional Euro-American notions of democracy, citizenship and develop the interface of these topics. It also explores the relevant themes on human rights and the environment, with questions of security and the risks implicit in the adoption of ethnonationalist dogma. Peoples of the Earth does this, using a cross disciplinary approach that employs anthropology, history, political science, legal theory and ethnonationalism.

Martin Edwin Andersen, a former reporter for Newsweek and The Washington Post in Latin America, is the author of two books on Argentina history. He is also adjunct professor at the American University and is the president of the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS).