Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong by Smith, Paul Chaat - 2009

University of Minnesota Press, 2009-04-14. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. Hardcover. fine/fine. 193 pages; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4

University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis . London, 2009. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements and publication history. Throughout the text there are black-and-white photographs, and, between pages 88 and 89 there are four pages of sepia and coloured photography. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. In this book the author recounts his " ... journey from activist to federal employee, Smith tells us he has discovered at least two things: there is no one true representation of the American Indian experience, and even the best of intentions sometimes end in catastrophe." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Very light age toning of the text block edges. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

University of Minnesota Press, 2009-04-14. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. Firs tedition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.193

Hardback. New. In this sweeping work of memoir and commentary, leading cultural critic Paul Chaat Smith illustrates with dry wit and brutal honesty the contradictions of life in "the Indian business." Raised in suburban Maryland and Oklahoma, Smith dove head first into the political radicalism of the 1970s, working with the American Indian Movement until it dissolved into dysfunction and infighting. Afterward he lived in New York, the city of choice for political exiles, and eventually arrived in Washington, D.C., at the newly minted National Museum of the American Indian ("a bad idea whose time has come") as a curator. In his journey from fighting activist to federal employee, Smith tells us he has discovered at least two things: there is no one true representation of the American Indian experience, and even the best of intentions sometimes ends in catastrophe. Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong is a highly entertaining and, at times, searing critique of… Read More

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In this sweeping work of memoir and commentary, leading cultural critic Paul Chaat Smith illustrates with dry wit and brutal honesty the contradictions of life in "the Indian business." Raised in suburban Maryland and Oklahoma

Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2009. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 192 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches.

Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2009-04-14. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Univ Of Minnesota Press. hardcover. New. 5x1x8.