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This Land Was Theirs
Wendell H. Oswalt
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Description for This Land Was Theirs
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 84 halftones, 68 line illustrations, and 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 752.
Since its original publication in 1966, This Land Was Theirs has continued to offer a different approach to the study of Native Americans living north of Mexico. Designed for undergraduate courses in Native North Americans, the emphasis was, and continues to be, on both traditional and contemporary Indian lifeways. Oswalt looks at 12 North American Indian tribes, ranging from the Netsilik hunters of the Arctic Circle to the Natchez farmers of the Mississippi; the groups represent the major culture areas and levels of socioeconomic complexity among North American Indians. The author traces each tribe's story, from aboriginal life through historical ... Read more
Since its original publication in 1966, This Land Was Theirs has continued to offer a different approach to the study of Native Americans living north of Mexico. Designed for undergraduate courses in Native North Americans, the emphasis was, and continues to be, on both traditional and contemporary Indian lifeways. Oswalt looks at 12 North American Indian tribes, ranging from the Netsilik hunters of the Arctic Circle to the Natchez farmers of the Mississippi; the groups represent the major culture areas and levels of socioeconomic complexity among North American Indians. The author traces each tribe's story, from aboriginal life through historical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195367409
SKU
V9780195367409
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About Wendell H. Oswalt
Wendell H. Oswalt is Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles, Oswalt earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He taught at UCLA for 32 years.
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