Gibbon The Sioux

The Dakota and Lakota Nations
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75495-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Peoples of America

This book covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, fromtheir emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to theyear 2000. The author has studied the material remains of the Siouxfor many years. His expertise combined with his informative andengaging writing style and numerous photographs create a compellingand indispensable book.
* * A leading expert discusses and analyzes the Sioux people withrigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing.
* Raises questions about Sioux history while synthesizing thehistorical and anthropological research over a wide scope of issuesand periods.
* Provides historical sketches, topical debates, and imaginaryreconstructions to engage the reader in a deeper thinking about theSioux.
* Includes dozens of photographs, comprehensive endnotes andfurther reading lists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gibbon, Guy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.
Preface and Acknowledgments.
1. Reading the Sioux.
2. The Prehistory of the Sioux, 9500 BC-AD 1650.
3. The French and English Fur Trade, 1650-1803.
4. The Early American Period, 1803-1850.
5. Fighting for Survival, 1850-1889.
6. Assimilation and Allotment, 1889-1934.
7. Restoration and Reorganization, 1934-1975.
8. The Sioux Today: Self-Determination, 1975-2000.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Guy Gibbon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. He has worked as an anthropologist on Sioux reservations and pioneered excavations of early Sioux settlements in Minnesota's northern forests. He is the author of Explanation in Archaeology (1989) and the editor of Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia (1998).