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Of Corn and Catholicism: A History of Religion and Power in Pueblo Indian Patron Saint Feast Days (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Sanchez examines the development of the patron saint feast days among Eastern Pueblo Indians of New... Læs mere
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Turning the Power: Indian Boarding Schools, Native American Anthropologists, and the Race to Preserve Indigenous Cultures (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In Turning the Power Nathan Sowry examines how Native American students from the boarding school system, with its forced assimilated education, became key cultural informants for anthropologists conducting field work during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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1978: Baseball and America in the Disco Era (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
David Krell chronicles in novelistic detail the notable achievements of some of baseball’s greatest players of 1978, along with some of the national pastime’s quirkiest moments, to capture an extraordinary year in baseball.
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The Whiz Kids: How the 1950 Phillies Took the Pennant, Lost the World Series, and Changed Philadelphia Baseball Forever (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Whiz Kids recounts the story of the Philadelphia Phillies, who ended decades of futility to win the National League pennant in the last game of the season in 1950, lost the World Series to the Yankees, but remain legendary in Philly and beyond.
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James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge: A Life of Science During the Age of Improvement (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Margaret M. Crump offers the first thorough biography of British scientist and physician James Cowles Prichard... Læs mere
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Ojibwe Ethnogenesis, 1640–1740 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Schenck (Ojibwe, Huron, and Blackfeet) presents the first scholarly work to untangle the origin, rise, and spread of Ojibwe identity and culture from the mid-seventeenth to... Læs mere
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Autobiography of a Kiowa Indian (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Anthropologist Benjamin R. Kracht presents one of the few Kiowa autobiographies in publication—the life narrative of Charles E. Apekaum of the Kiowa Nation of Oklahoma, whose services as a translator were sought by many.
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A Great Many Refugees: Progressive Era Assistance in the American West (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Thomas A. Krainz examines how communities in the American West cared for refugees during the Progressive Era.
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Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Big Loosh is the biography of Ron Luciano, an outsized figure who was an MLB umpire in the 1970s, worked in broadcasting, published five books, and became a personality off the field—yet whose upbeat public face was at odds with his private struggle with depression.
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Rising Above: Language Revitalization in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Cherokee citizen Benjamin E. Frey chronicles his odyssey of being introduced to the Cherokee language with trepidation as a... Læs mere
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Too Good to Be Altogether Lost: Rediscovering Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Books (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Pamela Smith Hill delves into Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House novels, examining their texts, characters, settings, and themes to reveal how the books forever changed the literary landscape of children’s and young adult literature in ways that remain meaningful today.
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Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Yellowstone (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Sacred Wonderland explores the historical role of religion in making Yellowstone National Park a meaningful American icon.
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