A World Elsewhere: Life in the American Southwest (SW Landmarks) by Jon Manchip White - 2000-06-01

Texas A&M University Press, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. clean, unmarked copy. foxing top edge.

Texas A&M University Press, 2000-06-01. Paperback. Very Good. A near fine copy, very slight rubbing to covers, small strip to top of front cover faded from sun exposure, interior is clean with no markings.

College Station, TX: Texas A & M Univ Press, 1989. Reprint . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. NEW Copy. First published 1975. Welsh-American anthropoligist, archaeologist, poet, writer and English professor Jon Manchiip White (1924 -) guides readers through the ancient world of the Navajo to those who now inhabit the lands of America Southwest. Illustrated with maps, best described as a historical survey of the region, or, a scholarly travel excursion.

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Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1989. Paperback. New. 340 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

Texas A&M University Press , pp. 340 . Papeback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. In this lively yet systematic commentary, a Welshman surveys the American Southwest with the steady, perceptive eye of a stranger who has grown to appreciate it. He finds in its history and topography signs that nature still holds its own against the human hand. "One is aware that such immense landscapes must exist--but until one views them for oneself it is impossible to grasp their impressiveness, or experience their liberating quality." White is equally fascinated with the people who have moved across this spectacular stage and those who inhabit it now. Trained as an anthropologist and archaeologist, as well as in literature, he traces the Indian history of the region from the Anasazi-Pueblo peoples, to Geronimo, Mangas Colorados, and Cochise, "the horse Indians with their fierce, Faustian view of the world," to today's Navajo silversmiths. Following stage coach lines and railroads, Spanish conquests and cattle drives, he leads us… Read More

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