Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 2 - Indians in Contemporary Society

Informationen zum Autor Garrick A. Bailey is a professor of anthropology at the University of Tulsa! with primary interest in globalization! ethnic identity! ethnic conflict! socio-cultural adaption! economic change! material culture! art! and ethnohistory. The 46 chapters in this volume explore how Indians and Arctic peoples maintain their Native identity in contemporary societies, including their responses to the social forces around them. The major sections include OThe Issues in the United States,O OThe Issues in Canada,O ODemographic and Ethnic Issues,O and OSocial and Cultural Revitalization.O Zusammenfassung This volume provides a basic reference work on Indians and Arctic peoples as a continuing element in a changing and sometimes difficult environment responding to the social forces around them! making such accommodations as circumstances require! but remaining identifiably Indian in a contemporary society.

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• Authors: Garrick A Bailey, Garrick A. Bailey, Garrick A. (EDT)/ Sturtevant Bailey, William C Sturtevant, William C. Sturtevant
• Assisted by: Garrick A. Bailey (Editor), Smithsonian Institution (U S ) (Editor), William C. Sturtevant (Editor)
• Publisher: Smithsonian books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2008
• EAN: 9780160803888
• ISBN: 978-0-16-080388-8
• No. of pages: 577
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 295 mm x 43 mm
• Series: Handbook of North American Indians; Handbook of North American Indians
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous