Ishi in Three Centuries

Informationen zum Autor Karl Kroeber is Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. His most recent books include Creation Myths of Primitive America, Artistry in Native American Myths (Nebraska 1998), and Traditional Literature of the American Indian (Nebraska 1997). Clifton Kroeber is Emeritus Norman Bridge Professor of Hispanic American History at Occidental College. He is the coauthor of Massacre on the Gila and coeditor of A Mohave War Reminiscence, 1854-1880 and The Frontier in Perspective. Klappentext Karl Kroeber is Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. His most recent books include Creation Myths of Primitive America, Artistry in Native American Myths (Nebraska 1998), and Traditional Literature of the American Indian (Nebraska 1997). Clifton Kroeber is Emeritus Norman Bridge Professor of Hispanic American History at Occidental College. He is the coauthor of Massacre on the Gila and coeditor of A Mohave War Reminiscence, 1854¿1880 and The Frontier in Perspective. Zusammenfassung After decades of concealment from genocidal attacks on his people in California! Ishi (ca 1860-1916) came out of hiding in 1911 and lived the last five years of his life in the University of California Anthropological Museum in San Francisco. This work also illuminates Ishi the person! his Yahi world! and his legacy for the twenty-first century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karl Kroeber Kroeber
• Con la collaborazione di: Clifton Kroeber (Editore), Karl Kroeber (Editore)
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2008
• EAN: 9780803222502
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-2250-2
• Pagine: 440
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, HISTORY / Native American, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies