The Black-Man of Zinacantan: A Central American Legend
ISBN: 9780292739857 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The subject of this work is anomalies--those things that are between one state and another, neither dead nor alive, neither animal nor human. In this instance, they are the "spooks" (espantos) that inhabit the Maya area: the charcoal-cruncher, a disembodied head that goes off into the night to eat charcoal; the characotels, men who have turned into animals in order to steal chickens; and others. The victims chosen by spooks are likewise between two states: they are caught while asleep or drunk; or they may be humans who ignore social conventions and behave in "un-human"... The subject of this work is anomalies--those things that are between one state and another, neither dead nor alive, neither animal nor human. In th... |
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112,09 zł |
Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago
ISBN: 9780226428963 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In August 1812, under threat from the Potawatomi, Captain Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn to Fort Wayne, hundreds of miles away. The group included several dozen soldiers, as well as nine women and eighteen children. After traveling only a mile and a half, they were attacked by five hundred Potawatomi warriors. In under an hour, fifty-two members of Heald's party were killed, and the rest were taken prisoner; the Potawatomi then burned Fort Dearborn before returning to their villages. These events are now seen as a...In August 1812, under threat from the Potawatomi, Captain Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort... |
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120,73 zł |
Muddy Waters
ISBN: 9780984636648 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,25 zł |
A Lawyer in Indian Country: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780295992358 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his memoir, Alvin Ziontz reflects on his more than thirty years representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known through landmark battles that upheld tribal sovereignty. He discusses the growth and maturation of tribal government and the underlying tensions between Indian society and the non-Indian world. A Lawyer in Indian Country presents vignettes of reservation life and recounts some of the memorable legal cases that illustrate the challenges faced by individual Indians and tribes. As the senior attorney arguing U.S. v. Washington, Ziontz was a... In his memoir, Alvin Ziontz reflects on his more than thirty years representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known through... |
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132,48 zł |
Culture and Customs of the Sioux Indians
ISBN: 9780803244542 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although some aspects of Sioux history such as the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Massacre at Wounded Knee are included in American history texts, along with mention of famous Sioux leaders such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, little attention is paid to the evolution of Sioux history and culture from their beginnings to the present. The Sioux are a Native American people who live in reservations and communities in Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Canada. According to U.S. Census Report data, over 150,000 individuals identify themselves as... Although some aspects of Sioux history such as the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Massacre at Wounded Knee are included in American history ... |
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85,47 zł |
Chipeta -- Queen of the Utes
ISBN: 9781890437794 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,04 zł |
Stone of Kings: In Search of The Lost Jade of The Maya
ISBN: 9780762782543 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A book perfectly timed for the re-setting of the Maya calendar in 2012.... Part history, popular science, armchair travel, and real-life treasure hunt, this is the story of pre-Columbian jade the precious stone revered by ancient Aztecs, Incans, and Maya and the scientists, collectors, explorers and entrepreneurs who have been searching for the mythical jade mines for more than a century. "A compelling tale.... This well-focused and well-told account brings America's most mythologized gemstone into sharp relief." Wall Street Journal " T]he story of the search for the long-vanished mines of...
A book perfectly timed for the re-setting of the Maya calendar in 2012.... Part history, popular science, armchair travel, and real-life treasure hunt...
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64,33 zł |
Scugog Carrying Place: A Frontier Pathway
ISBN: 9781459707504 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Until now the story of this trail, its beginnings, its purpose, and its significant place in Ontario's history, has been poorly defined. The story of Scugog Carrying Place, the ancient aboriginal trails connecting Lake Ontario with Lakes Scugog and Simcoe and the Kawartha lakes is a multifaceted one. In tracing its documented history from the 1790s to the 1850s, author Grant Karcich unravels mysteries; explores the lifestyles of early First Nations; provides background on local archaeological sites; and introduces the intrepid early surveyors, fur traders, missionaries,... Until now the story of this trail, its beginnings, its purpose, and its significant place in Ontario's history, has been poorly defined. |
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111,38 zł |
Life in Webster
ISBN: 9781468540543 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,92 zł |
The Great Florida Seminole Trail: Complete Guide to Seminole Indian Historic and Cultural Sites
ISBN: 9781561645633 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Great Florida Seminole Trail is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to Florida s historic and cultural sites that directly relate to the Seminole Indians, covering Seminole history from when they first migrated into the state in the 1700s to the tragic Seminole wars to contemporary Seminole culture. The guide covers all parts of the state that can be visited today, including the old Negro Fort site in the Panhandle, the Alachua Savannah near Gainesville, the Dade Battlefield in Bushnell, the Smallwood Store in the Ten Thousand Islands, Indian Key in the Florida Keys, and the...
The Great Florida Seminole Trail is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to Florida s historic and cultural sites that directly relate to ...
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64,05 zł |
Excavations at Cerro de Trincheras, Sonora, Mexico, Volume 1: Volume 1
ISBN: 9781889747897 / Angielski / Miękka / 445 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 204" Excavations at Cerro de Trincheras reports the work of a collaborative bi-national effort to study the important trincheras site of Cerro de Trincheras in Sonora, Mexico. The chapters summarize and discuss artifacts and other data collected from eight months of excavation in 1995-96. The volumes evaluate the structure, organization, and role of this particular site in relation to the Hohokam and other trincheras sites. This report constitutes a significant and important contribution to the understanding of this site and the general... "Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 204" Excavations at Cerro de Trincheras reports the work of a collaborative bi-national effort to stu... |
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128,52 zł |
Excavations at Cerro de Trincheras, Sonora, Mexico, Volume 2: Volume 2
ISBN: 9781889747903 / Angielski / Miękka / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 204" Excavations at Cerro de Trincheras reports the work of a collaborative bi-national effort to study the important trincheras site of Cerro de Trincheras in Sonora, Mexico. The chapters summarize and discuss artifacts and other data collected from eight months of excavation in 1995-96. The volumes evaluate the structure, organization, and role of this particular site in relation to the Hohokam and other trincheras sites. This report constitutes a significant and important contribution to the understanding of this site and the general... "Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 204" Excavations at Cerro de Trincheras reports the work of a collaborative bi-national effort to stu... |
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128,52 zł |
Custer, the Seventh Cavalry, and the Little Big Horn: A Bibliographyvolume 15
ISBN: 9780870624049 / Angielski / Twarda / 944 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the shocking news first broke in 1876 of the Seventh Cavalry's disastrous defeat at the Little Big Horn, fascination with the battle--and with Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer--has never ceased. Widespread interest in the subject has spawned a vast outpouring of literature, which only increases with time. This two-volume bibliography of Custer literature is the first to be published in some twenty-five years and the most complete ever assembled.
Drawing on years of research, Michael O'Keefe has compiled entries for roughly 3,000 books and 7,000 articles and pamphlets. Covering both... Since the shocking news first broke in 1876 of the Seventh Cavalry's disastrous defeat at the Little Big Horn, fascination with the battle--and with L...
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756,00 zł |
The Indianization of Lewis and Clark Two Volume Set
ISBN: 9780870624131 / Angielski / Twarda / 836 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although some have attributed the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition primarily to gunpowder and gumption, historian William R. Swagerty demonstrates in this two-volume set that adopting Indian ways of procuring, processing, and transporting food and gear was crucial to the survival of the Corps of Discovery. "The Indianization of Lewis and Clark "retraces the well-known trail of America s most famous explorers as a journey into the heart of Native America a case study of successful material adaptation and cultural borrowing.Beginning with a broad examination of regional demographics... Although some have attributed the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition primarily to gunpowder and gumption, historian William R. Swagerty demo... |
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546,08 zł |
Defending Whose Country?: Indigenous Soldiers in the Pacific War
ISBN: 9780803237933 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the campaign against Japan in the Pacific during the Second World War, the armed forces of the United States, Australia, andthe Australian colonies of Papua and New Guinea made use of indigenous peoples in new capacities. The United States had long used American Indians as soldiers and scouts in frontier conflicts and in wars with other nations. With the advent of the Navajo Code Talkers in the Pacific theater, Native servicemen were now being employed for contributions that were unique to their Native cultures. In contrast, Australia, Papua, and New Guinea had long attempted to keep... In the campaign against Japan in the Pacific during the Second World War, the armed forces of the United States, Australia, andthe Australian colon... |
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295,64 zł |
Witchcraft in Early North America
ISBN: 9781442203587 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Witchcraft in Early North America investigates European, African, and Indian witchcraft beliefs and their expression in colonial America. Alison Games's engaging book takes us beyond the infamous outbreak at Salem, Massachusetts, to look at how witchcraft was a central feature of colonial societies in North America. Her substantial and lively introduction orients readers to the subject and to the rich selection of documents that follows. The documents begin with first encounters between European missionaries and Native Americans in New France and New Mexico, and they conclude with witch hunts...
Witchcraft in Early North America investigates European, African, and Indian witchcraft beliefs and their expression in colonial America. Alison Games...
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160,97 zł |
The Mantle Site: An Archaeological History of an Ancestral Wendat Community
ISBN: 9780759121003 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first detailed analysis of a completely excavated northern Iroquoian community, a sixteenth-century ancestral Wendat village on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The site resulted from the coalescence of multiple small villages into one well-planned and well-integrated community. Jennifer Birch and Ronald F. Williamson frame the development of this community in the context of a historical sequence of site relocations. The social processes that led to its formation, the political and economic lives of its inhabitants, and their relationships to other populations in northeastern...
This is the first detailed analysis of a completely excavated northern Iroquoian community, a sixteenth-century ancestral Wendat village on the north ...
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466,80 zł |
Myron Eells and the Twana Indians of Skokomish: The Twana Indians of the Skokomish Reservation in Washington Territory and Ten Years of Missionary Wor
ISBN: 9781936955077 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Myron Eells (1843-1907), the younger son of pioneer missionaries Cushing Eells (1810-1893) and Myra (Fairbanks) Eells (1805-1878), was born at the Tshimakain Mission near present-day Spokane, Washington. He graduated from Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut in 1871, and then returned to the Northwest. At first he led a Congregational Church in Boise, Idaho, but then shortly moved to the Skokomish Reservation, west of Puget Sound, where his brother Edwin was Indian Agent in 1874. Myron remained there for the rest of his life, working as a missionary among Native Americans and White... Myron Eells (1843-1907), the younger son of pioneer missionaries Cushing Eells (1810-1893) and Myra (Fairbanks) Eells (1805-1878), was born at the ... |
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119,95 zł |
Die Rich Here: The Lost Adams Diggings
ISBN: 9781466952249 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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107,01 zł |
Die Rich Here: The Lost Adams Diggings
ISBN: 9781466952256 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,03 zł |