Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power

Zusatztext Smith's book is itself a model of cross-racial negotiation ... She sifts a vast archive of government records, press coverage, and interviews, judiciously tracing the false starts and the achievements of co-operation. Informationen zum Autor Sherry L. Smith is University Distinguished Professor of History and Associate Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. She is the author of Reimagining Indians: Native Americans through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940, The View from Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians, and Sagebrush Soldier: William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876. Klappentext This book explains how, and why, hippies, Quakers, Black Panthers, movie stars, housewives, and labor unions, to name a few, supported Indian demands for greater political power and separate cultural existence in the modern United States. Zusammenfassung This book explains how, and why, hippies, Quakers, Black Panthers, movie stars, housewives, and labor unions, to name a few, supported Indian demands for greater political power and separate cultural existence in the modern United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Ch 1 In the Pacific Northwest Ch 2 The California Scene Ch 3 Alcatraz Ch 4 Back to the Land Ch 5 From Coast to Coast Ch 6 On to Wounded Knee Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sherry L Smith, Sherry L. Smith, Sherry L. (University Distinguished Professor of History and Associate Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies Smith, Smith Sherry L.
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 04.05.2012
• EAN: 9780199855599
• ISBN: 978-0-19-985559-9
• Seiten: 304
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Political activism, Indigenous Peoples, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Political activism / Political engagement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to Native American people / First Americans