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First printing

Jacket photograph: Desatura la alegria by Marco Schenone

The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Brown, Michael F. (Michael Fobes), 1950–

Upriver : the turbulent life and times of an Amazonian people / Michael F. Brown.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-674-36807-1 (alk. paper)

1.  Indians of South America—Peru—Amazonas—Social conditions.   2.  Indians of South America—Peru—Amazonas—Social life and customs.   3.  Indians of South America—Peru—Amazonas—Folklore.   4.  Amazonas (Peru)—Social conditions.   5.  Amazonas (Peru)—Social life and customs.   I.  Title.

F3429.1.A3B76 2014

306.0985'46—dc23         2014004981