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Description for The Sioux
Hardcover. * A leading expert discusses and analyzes the Sioux people with rigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing. * Raises questions about Sioux history while synthesizing the historical and anthropological research over a wide scope of issues and periods. Series: Peoples of America. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
This book covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000. The author has studied the material remains of the Sioux for many years. His expertise combined with his informative and engaging writing style and numerous photographs create a compelling and indispensable book.
- A leading expert discusses and analyzes the Sioux people with rigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing.
- Raises questions about Sioux history while synthesizing the historical and anthropological research over a wide scope of issues and periods.
- Provides historical sketches, topical debates, and imaginary reconstructions to engage ... Read more
- Includes dozens of photographs, comprehensive endnotes and further reading lists.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Peoples of America
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781557865663
SKU
V9781557865663
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Guy Gibbon
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).
Reviews for The Sioux
‘This book is ideal fare for the reader who has always wanted a source that illuminates the rich history and diversity of Sioux culture – one that includes insightful lessons in cross-cultural understanding.’ W. Raymond Wood, University of Missouri ‘Guy Gibbon’s The Sioux: The Dakota and Lakota Nations is the first attempt to write about the Sioux ... Read more