American Indian Activism - Alcatraz to the Longest Walk

The American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island was the catalyst for a more generalized movement in which Native Americans from across the country have sought redress of grievances, attempting to right the many wrongs committed against them. In this volume, some of the dominant scholars in the field chronicle and analyze Native American activism of the 1960s and 1970s. 8 photos.

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Troy Johnson, an associate professor in the American Indian Studies Program at California State University, Long Beach, is the author of The Occupation of Alcatraz Island: Indian Self-Determination and the Rise of Indian Activism.Joane Nagel, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas, is the author of American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture. Duane Champagne is director of the American Studies Center at the University of California at Los Angeles and the author of Social Order and Political Change: Constitutional Governments among the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek.
 

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Duane Champagne (Editore), Troy R Johnson (Editore), Troy R. Johnson (Editore), Joane Nagel (Editore)
• Editore: University Of Illinois Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.1997
• EAN: 9780252066535
• ISBN: 978-0-252-06653-5
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 151 mm x 226 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 458 g
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia