Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon

by Patrick Tierney

Book Overview

Thought to be the last virgin people, the Yanomami were considered the most savage and warlike tribe on earth, as well as one of the most remote, secreted in the jungles and highlands of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393049221
• ISBN13: 9780393049220
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 417 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

One of the Best

This is one of the best books I've ever read (and I'm a good reader). Hard to believe and Anthropologic book can be so good.

Clearly Credible

I was an anthropology major in the late 1980's at UC Santa Barbara. Chagnon was my professor for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Obviously, he assigned his book (Yanomamo: The Fierce People) and showed several of his films in class (including the Axe Fight). Based upon my 10 weeks in his class, including a few visits to his office, I found his behavior to be very arrogant, condescending, and narcissistic. Tierney's allegations against Chagnon just don't surprise me.

great book. period.

a review below states "This book should be titled 'lies and deception'. Even extreme anthropological Marxists like Ferguson and Harris - whose ideas Tierney uses - have distanced themselves from this work." i have to say its absolutely not true, I had Ferguson as a professor at Rutgers and when i asked if he could recommend any books on the subject of the Yanonami this was on the top of his list. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the perception of warfare [or the contruction of such perception]. The short explanation is, its just a great book for whatever reason. i also recommend reading some chagnon after reading this book for the contrast. but this is def a great read!