Examines changing perspectives on Black and Indian populations in the region tracing comparisons in how these peoples have been seen by academics and national elites.
Series ForewordIntroduction11The Meaning of 'Race' and 'Ethnicity'52Blacks and Indians in Latin America253Early Approaches to Blacks and Indians, 1920s - 1960s404Inequality and Situational Identity - 1970s595Blacks and Indians in the Postmodern Nation-State806Black and Indian Social Movements957Studying Race and Ethnicity in a Postmodern and Reflexive World111Notes120Bibliography124Index146