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New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry and of David Thompson, 1799-1814
ISBN: 9781108079372 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the 1890s Elliott Coues (1842 1899), one of America's greatest ornithologists, edited several exploration narratives about the American Northwest, including Lewis and Clark's Travels. Coues tracked down the manuscript journals of two of Lewis and Clark's contemporaries, fur trader Alexander Henry (1765 1814) and geographer David Thompson (1770 1857), employees of the Northwest Company. Coues' abridged and edited version of Henry's text, accompanied by notes that draw heavily on Thompson's scientific records, appeared in 1897 in three volumes; in this reissue the index volume is...
During the 1890s Elliott Coues (1842 1899), one of America's greatest ornithologists, edited several exploration narratives about the American Northwe...
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Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, as Far as the MacKenzie River, an
ISBN: 9781108070836 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the middle of the nineteenth century, British Arctic exploration became defined by the search for the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin, who had in fact perished in desperate circumstances in 1847. As a newly qualified naval officer, William Hulme Hooper (1827 54) took part in one of the many expeditions which sought to find Franklin. Embarking in 1848, the crew of HMS Plover spent three winters in the Arctic, with tragic consequences for Hooper's health. On his return, perhaps realising time was short, he wrote this illustrated account of his travels, and saw it published the year...
In the middle of the nineteenth century, British Arctic exploration became defined by the search for the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin, who ...
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299,09 |
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A Century of Dishonour: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the North American Tribes
ISBN: 9781108072076 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Author and activist Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-85) is remembered for her work in support of Native American rights. She was also a friend and correspondent of the poet Emily Dickinson, and her own verse was praised by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Her highly popular novel Ramona (1884) addressed discrimination against Native Americans, raising public consciousness as Harriet Beecher Stowe had done for slavery in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Jackson's novel emerged out of her passionate seeking of justice for her country's indigenous peoples. She describes decades of government-sanctioned mistreatment of...
Author and activist Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-85) is remembered for her work in support of Native American rights. She was also a friend and correspond...
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299,09 |
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My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia
ISBN: 9781108032988 / Angielski / Miękka / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841 1904) was a journalist and explorer renowned for his adventures in Africa. After emigrating to America in 1859, Stanley worked as a journalist for the New York Herald. In 1869 he was instructed to undertake an expedition to find the missionary David Livingstone, and the success of this mission brought him public recognition and financial success. Published in 1895, these two volumes contain Stanley's early journalistic writing as special correspondent for the Herald and the Missouri Democrat. Volume 2 begins in 1869, when Stanley was sent to report on the...
Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841 1904) was a journalist and explorer renowned for his adventures in Africa. After emigrating to America in 1859, Stanley...
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299,09 |
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North American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence
ISBN: 9780816525324 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite evidence of warfare and violent conflict in pre-Columbian North America, scholars argue that the scale and scope of Native American violence is exagerated. They contend that scholarly misrepresentation has denigrated indigenous peoples when in fact they lived together in peace and harmony. In rebutting that contention, this groundbreaking book presents clear evidence--from multiple academic disciplines--that indigenous populations engaged in warfare and ritual violence long before European contact. In ten well-documented and thoroughly researched chapters, fourteen leading scholars...
Despite evidence of warfare and violent conflict in pre-Columbian North America, scholars argue that the scale and scope of Native American violence i...
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299,79 |
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Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Dynamism at the Center of the World
ISBN: 9780884025221 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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300,15 |
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Unlocking the Doors to the Worlds of Guaman Poma and His Nueva Corónica
ISBN: 9788763542708 / Angielski / Twarda / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala s handwritten illustrated book, "Nueva coronica y buen gobierno," from 1615 honored by UNESCO as a Memory of the World item rewrote Andean history in accordance with his goals of reforming Spanish colonial rule in Peru. On the eve of the four-hundredth anniversary of Poma s book, a renowned group of international scholars has been assembled to focus fresh attention on the work, its author, and its times. This volume brings together a range of established and younger scholars to explore the countless avenues of inquiry that emerge from Poma s work, including Andean...
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala s handwritten illustrated book, "Nueva coronica y buen gobierno," from 1615 honored by UNESCO as a Memory of the World ite...
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300,37 |
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Delaware Trails: Some Tribal Records, 1842-1907
ISBN: 9780806346649 / Angielski / Miękka / 542 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is Mr. Hagy's third volume of transcriptions of Charleston city directories available from Clearfield Company. In this book the author has compiled all the names and other pertinent genealogical information which can be found in the Charleston city directories of 1816, 1819, 1822, 1825, and 1829. Typically, the directory entries furnish the name of the Charleston resident, his address, and, in the majority of cases, his occupation.
This is Mr. Hagy's third volume of transcriptions of Charleston city directories available from Clearfield Company. In this book the author has compil...
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302,02 |
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Outsider Research: How White Writers Explore Native Issues, Knowledge and Experiences
ISBN: 9781930901117 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this monograph professor Dabulskis-Hunter examines the power relationships and informational deformations that occur during fieldwork and research expeditions in Native America (both Canada and the USA). The knowledge producer, almost always Euro-American and privileged, is discussed in light of methodologies, theoretical frameworks and critical pedagogy.
In this monograph professor Dabulskis-Hunter examines the power relationships and informational deformations that occur during fieldwork and research ...
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302,42 |
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Thatched Roofs and Open Sides: The Architecture of Chickees and Their Changing Role in Seminole Society
ISBN: 9780813061535 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Takes us on a journey to the heart and soul of Seminole life the chickee. Dilley ably navigates archaeology, architecture, and oral history to tell the story of the Seminole house, from its origins, through its persistence in the face of modernization, and ending with a glimpse into the future. Ryan Wheeler, director, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Here we have as close as we can get to an inside view of life in a chickee and the people who made them. Brent Weisman, co-editor ofThe Florida Journals of Frank Hamilton Cushing Before and during the Seminole Wars,... Takes us on a journey to the heart and soul of Seminole life the chickee. Dilley ably navigates archaeology, architecture, and oral history to tell th...
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302,42 |
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Native American Landscapes: An Engendered Perspective
ISBN: 9781621902539 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focuses on what Cheryl Claassen terms the "multi-vocal" landscape - the idea that different groups and genders look upon the same natural features but perceive different meanings and potential in what they are seeing. At the heart of this book is the idea that Europeans associated nature with the feminine and saw the natural world as a passive frontier to be dominated.
Focuses on what Cheryl Claassen terms the "multi-vocal" landscape - the idea that different groups and genders look upon the same natural features but...
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302,42 |
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Frontier Life in Ancient Peru : The Archaeology of Cerro la Cruz
ISBN: 9780813037967 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Thorough studies such as this are relatively rare in the northern Peruvian coast archaeological literature. This pioneering work is the first English-language excavation monograph detailing the material culture of the Casma polity."--Jonathan D. Kent, Metropolitan State College, Denver Melissa Vogel's Frontier Life in Ancient Peru offers a new perspective on ancient Peruvian life and geopolitics during a pivotal period of Andean cultural transformation between AD 900 and AD 1300. Focusing on the frontier site of Cerro la Cruz in the Chao Valley (located on the northern border..."Thorough studies such as this are relatively rare in the northern Peruvian coast archaeological literature. This pioneering work is the first Engl... |
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The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere
ISBN: 9780521617444 / Angielski / Miękka / 654 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study gathers skeletal evidence on seven basic indicators of health to assess chronic conditions that affected individuals who lived in the Western Hemisphere from 5000 B.C. to the late nineteenth century. Signs of biological stress in childhood and of degeneration in joints and in teeth increased in the several millenia before the arrival of Columbus as populations moved into less healthy ecological environments.
This study gathers skeletal evidence on seven basic indicators of health to assess chronic conditions that affected individuals who lived in the Weste...
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303,89 |
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Comics and Conquest: Political Cartoons and a Radical Retelling of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute
ISBN: 9781421447421 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The untold story of Navajo and Hopi resistance and solidarity in the face of forced removal by the US government, as documented by tribal editorial cartoons. For generations, US politicians and energy companies attempted to gain access to the coal and uranium in the Four Corners region, where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah meet. The land on which they found billions of tons of high-grade coal in 1909, however, was reserved for the Navajo (Diné) and Hopi peoples and not accessible to extractive enterprise. Despite Diné and Hopi protests, US officials gained access to the coal-rich...
The untold story of Navajo and Hopi resistance and solidarity in the face of forced removal by the US government, as documented by tribal editorial ca...
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303,90 |
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Cat Serpents: Underwater Spirits in Mississippian Pottery
ISBN: 9781495190070 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a youngster in the 50's and 60's, Ron Bogg grew up in an area rich in archaeological resources. His home town, Jefferson City, Missouri, sat on a south bluff, close to several important rivers and creeks which emptied into the Missouri River. He walked a few blocks from his home and found three-to-five-thousand-year-old tools in a cow pasture overlooking a creek bottom. While still a child, he developed a desire to learn more about the people who created the artifacts he found. His quest for understanding brought him to his first meeting of the Central States Archaeological... As a youngster in the 50's and 60's, Ron Bogg grew up in an area rich in archaeological resources. His home town, Jefferson City, Missouri, sat on ... |
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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Conditions of the North American Indian: Volume 1: Illustrated with Color Engravings
ISBN: 9781543245981 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This masterpiece was written by George Catlin between the years 1832 and 1839 as a collection of notes, letters and paintings that illustrate his travels throughout North America. His paintings comprised the first record to illustrate the Plains Indians and their homelands to the West of the Mississippi River. It wasn't until Catlin's work that allowed the American colonists of the eastern states to visualize and truly understand the conditions of the Pawnees, the Blackfeet and Crows, the Sioux, and even the wild Comanches; learning the ways of a native life and their customs. It still holds...
This masterpiece was written by George Catlin between the years 1832 and 1839 as a collection of notes, letters and paintings that illustrate his trav...
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304,08 |
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The Great Power of Small Nations: Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South
ISBN: 9781512823097 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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304,73 |
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North American Indians : A Comprehensive Account
ISBN: 9780131928763 / Angielski / Miękka / 628 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in an easy-to-read, narrative format, this volume provides the most comprehensive coverage of North American Indians from earliest evidence through 1990. It shows Indians as "a people with history" and not as primitives, covering current ideological issues and political situations including treaty rights, sovereignty, and repatriation. A must-read for anyone interested in North American Indian history. This is a comprehensive and thought-provoking approach to the history of the native peoples of North America (including Mexico and Canada) and their civilizations.For Native... Written in an easy-to-read, narrative format, this volume provides the most comprehensive coverage of North American Indians from earliest evidence... |
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307,25 |
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Coming Down from Above: Prophecy, Resistance, and Renewal in Native American Religionsvolume 258
ISBN: 9780806139661 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For longer than five centuries, Native Americans have struggled to adapt to colonialism, missionization, and government control policies. This first comprehensive survey of prophetic movements in Native North America tells how religious leaders blended indigenous beliefs with Christianity's prophetic traditions to respond to those challenges. Lee Irwin gathers a scattered literature to provide a single-volume overview that depicts American Indians' creative synthesis of their own religious beliefs and practices with a variety of Christian theological ideas and moral teachings. He traces... For longer than five centuries, Native Americans have struggled to adapt to colonialism, missionization, and government control policies. This firs... |
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307,30 |
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The Future of Indian and Federal Reserved Water Rights: The Winters Centennial
ISBN: 9780826351227 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In January 1908, the Supreme Court ruled that when land is set aside for the use of Indian tribes, that reservation of land includes reserved water rights. The Winters Doctrine is now a fundamental principle of both federal Indian law and water law. In this detailed collection of essays, lawyers, historians, and tribal leaders explore its legacy.
In January 1908, the Supreme Court ruled that when land is set aside for the use of Indian tribes, that reservation of land includes reserved water ri...
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