Henley Paul. The Panare: Tradition and Change on the Amazonian Frontier

Yale University Press, 1982. — 263 p.Henley's account of the Panare is admirably well documented and provides the kind of detail that makes it an important addition to this area of study."Encapsulating the results of nearly two years of field research in Venezuela, Paul Henley's monograph is a valuable addition to Carib literature. The ethnography is of high standard; the analysis of both the traditional system of the Panare and of their external relations is systematic and the argument closely integrated. It is moreover, an intelligent and sophisticated work, taking us a long stride forward in our attempts to understand situations in which indigenous peoples are having to cope with expanding national interests and development." — Audrey Butt Colson, Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford."This is a clear and sensitive exposition accompanied by a penetrating analysis of theoretical and practical value. His work is important both for the understanding of indengous social systems in Amazonia and of situations of contact and acculturation. It has application for comparative reserach wherever in the world minority groups of different ethnic origins are in contact with the more powerful forces of the nation state majority." — Audrey Butt Colson, Geographical Journal.