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Coming to Shore
. Ed(S): Mauze, Marie; Harkin, Michael E.; Kan, Sergei A.
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Paperback. The Northwest Coast of North America was home to dozens of Native peoples at the time of its first contact with Europeans. This work provides a historical overview of the ethnology and ethnohistory of this region, and focuses on contemporary, theoretically informed studies of communities and issues. Editor(s): Mauze, Marie; Harkin, Michael E.; Kan, Sergei A. Num Pages: 508 pages, 22 photographs, 2 figures, map, index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
The Northwest Coast of North America was home to dozens of Native peoples at the time of its first contact with Europeans. The rich artistic, ceremonial, and oral traditions of these peoples and their preservation of cultural practices have made this region especially attractive for anthropological study. Coming to Shore provides a historical overview of the ethnology and ethnohistory of this region, with special attention given to contemporary, theoretically informed studies of communities and issues.
The Northwest Coast of North America was home to dozens of Native peoples at the time of its first contact with Europeans. The rich artistic, ceremonial, and oral traditions of these peoples and their preservation of cultural practices have made this region especially attractive for anthropological study. Coming to Shore provides a historical overview of the ethnology and ethnohistory of this region, with special attention given to contemporary, theoretically informed studies of communities and issues.
The first book to explore the role of the Northwest Coast in three distinct national traditions of anthropology— American, Canadian, and French—Coming to Shore gives ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
Number of Pages
508
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803282964
SKU
V9780803282964
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About . Ed(S): Mauze, Marie; Harkin, Michael E.; Kan, Sergei A.
Marie Mauzé is a senior researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Her books include Present Is Past: Some Uses of Tradition in Native Societies. Michael E. Harkin is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming and the editor of Reassessing Revitalization Movements: Perspectives from North America and the Pacific Islands (Nebraska 2004). Sergei ... Read more
Reviews for Coming to Shore
“Those familiar with the region and the various cultures will find it not only useful, but stimulating. Throughout the papers, oral and written history, data, linguistics, and theory are all woven together in both the Lévi-Strauss and Boasian approaches to understanding people and their cultures. . . . I highly recommend Coming to Shore for any serious student of the ... Read more