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We Shall Live Again: The 1870 and 1890 Ghst Dance Movements as Demographic Revitalization (ASA Rose Monograph Series)
by Thornton, Russell
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521328942
- ISBN 13
- 9780521328944
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, England/New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Examines the 1870 & 1890 Ghost Dance movements among American Indian peoples from the perspective of not only revitalizing Native American cultures that had been devastated by contact with European white, but their purpose in achieving a "demographic revitalization,'' ie, increasing tribal numbers by returning the dead to life. In 95 pages with Index, References in rear. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1986, this hardcover 8vo has navy blue cloth-covered boards with an inset maroon title box lettered in bright gilt to front & spine. A brand new book, just removed from storage where it was packed following review decades ago (review notice laid in), only flaw is very light irreproducible blue pencil checks in Preface. Completely clean & bright & unmarked. No DJ as issued by publisher. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022827
- Title
- We Shall Live Again: The 1870 and 1890 Ghst Dance Movements as Demographic Revitalization (ASA Rose Monograph Series)
- Author
- Thornton, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0521328942
- ISBN 13
- 9780521328944
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, England/New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- native american indians ghost dance spirits ancestor worship dead death elders ritual ceremony ceremonies tribe tribal religion religious beliefs reincarnation sociology sociologists cultural anthropology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / Native Americans-First Nations; Death Studies-Thanatology;
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