We shall live again: the 1870 and 1890 ghost dance movements as demographic revitalization
Auteur :
Thornton, Russell
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521034524
Date de publication :
14 déc. 2006
Dimensions :
22,7 x 15,1 x 0,6 cm
Poids :
178 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study of the 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements among North American Indians offers an innovative theory about why these movements arose when they did. Professor Thornton argues that the Ghost Dances were deliberate efforts to accomplish a demographic revitalization of American Indians following their virtual collapse.