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Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861

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Report copyright infringementby William S. Kiser (Author)In the fifteen years prior to the American Civil War, the U.S. Army established a presence in southern New Mexico, the homeland of Mescalero, Mimbres, and Mogollon bands of the Apache Indians. From the army's perspective, the Apaches presented an obstacle to be overcome in making the region--newly acquired in the Mexican-American War--safe for Anglo settlers. In Dragoons in Apacheland, William S. Kiser recounts the conflicts that ensued...

The Unkechaug Indians of Eastern Long Island: A History Volume 269

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Report copyright infringementby John A. Strong (Author)Few people may realize that Long Island is still home to American Indians, the region's original inhabitants. One of the oldest reservations in the United States--the Poospatuck Reservation--is located in Suffolk County, the densely populated eastern extreme of the greater New York area. The Unkechaug Indians, known also by the name of their reservation, are recognized by the State of New York but not by the federal government. This narra...

Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Lonetree (Author)Museum exhibitions focusing on Native American history have long been curator controlled. However, a shift is occurring, giving Indigenous people a larger role in determining exhibition content. In Decolonizing Museums, Amy Lonetree examines the complexities of these new relationships with an eye toward exploring how museums can grapple with centuries of unresolved trauma as they tell the stories of Native peoples. She investigates how muse...

Working Cures: Healing, Health, and Power on Southern Slave Plantations

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Report copyright infringementby Sharla M. Fett (Author)Exploring the charged topic of black health under slavery, Sharla Fett reveals how herbalism, conjuring, midwifery, and other African American healing practices became arts of resistance in the antebellum South.Fett shows how enslaved men and women drew on African precedents to develop a view of health and healing that was distinctly at odds with slaveholders' property concerns. While white slaveowners narrowly defined slave health in ter...

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony Cavender (Author)In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the nineteenth century to the present. He provides a complete tour of ailments and folk treatments organized by body systems, as well as information on medicinal plants, patent medicin...

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Report copyright infringementby J. Russell Reaver (Editor)"A splendidcollection from one of the nation's richest and most diverse traditionalcultures. . . . Florida Folktales will appeal not only to scholars and loversof folklore, but to anyone interested in the wellsprings of Americanstorytelling and literature."--Charles Wolfe, editor, Tennessee FolkloreSociety Bulletin Number of Pages: 196 Dimensions: 0.62 x 9.01 x 6.05 IN Illustrated: Yes ...

Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Calef (Editor)Led Zeppelin, who bestrode the world of rock like a colossus, have continually grown in popularity and influence since their official winding up in 1980. They exasperated critics and eluded classification, synthesizing blues, rock, folk, rockabilly, funk, classical, country, Indian, and Arabic techniques. They performed the alchemical trick of transmuting base led into gold--and platinum--and diamond. They did what they would, finding wisdom...

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Report copyright infringementby Georgia L. Fox (Author)"Fox provides important insights that will help historical archaeologists interpret tobacco-related finds and understand the multiple meanings of a commodity that has burned through the social, political, and economic fabric of the modern world."--Frederick H. Smith, author of The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking "Few artifacts illustrate the American experience as clearly as tobacco. Fox examines how tobacco and smoking reveal broade...

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Report copyright infringementby Ellen Carol DuBois (Author)An essential examination of the woman suffrage movement In recent decades, the woman suffrage movement has taken on new significance for women's history. Ellen Carol DuBois has been a central figure in spurring renewed interest in woman suffrage and in realigning the debates which surround it. This volume gathers DuBois' most influential articles on woman suffrage and includes two new essays. The collection traces the trajectory of t...

The Montaukett Indians of Eastern Long Island

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Report copyright infringementby John A. Strong (Author)Although the Montaukett were among the first tribes to establish relations with the English in the seventeenth century, until now very little has been written about the evolution of their interaction with the settlers. John A. Strong, a noted authority on the Indians of New York State's Long Island, has written a concise history that focuses on the issue of land tenure in the relations between the English and the Montaukett. This study co...

Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades

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Report copyright infringementby Laura A. Ogden (Author)Little in North America is wilder than the Florida Everglades--a landscape of frightening reptiles, exotic plants in profusion, swarms of mosquitoes, and unforgiving heat. And yet, even from the early days of taming the wilderness with clearing and drainage, the Everglades has been considered fragile, unique, and in need of restorative interventions. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork with hunters in the Everglades, Laura A. Ogden explores ...

Red, White, & Black Make Blue: Indigo in the Fabric of Colonial South Carolina Life

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Feeser (Author)Like cotton, indigo has defied its humble origins. Left alone it might have been a regional plant with minimal reach, a localized way of dyeing textiles, paper, and other goods with a bit of blue. But when blue became the most popular color for the textiles that Britain turned out in large quantities in the eighteenth century, the South Carolina indigo that colored most of this cloth became a major component in transatlantic commodity chai...

Black behind the Ears: Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops

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Report copyright infringementby Ginetta E. B. Candelario (Author)Black behind the Ears is an innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. For much of the Dominican Republic's history, the national body has been defined as "not black," even as black ancestry has been grudgingly acknowledged. Rejecting simplistic explanations, Ginetta E. B. Candelario suggests that it is not a desire for whiteness that guides...

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Report copyright infringementby Allen G. Noble (Editor)Originally published in 1995, Barns of the Midwest is a masterful example of material cultural history. It arrived at a critical moment for the agricultural landscape. The 1980s were marked by farm foreclosures, rural bank failures, the continued rise of industrialized agriculture, and severe floods and droughts. These waves of disaster hastened the erosion of the idea of a pastoral Heartland knit together with small farms and rural value...

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Doyle (Editor)Andy Warhol was queer in more ways than one. A fabulous queen, a fan of prurience and pornography, a great admirer of the male body, he was well known as such to the gay audiences who enjoyed his films, the police who censored them, the gallery owners who refused to show his male nudes, and the artists who shied from his swishiness, not to mention all the characters who populated the Factory. Yet even though Warhol became the star of post...

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

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Report copyright infringementby Charles E. Jr. Cobb (Author)Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama, home as "an arsenal." Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced their constitutional right to self-protect...

Working the Boundaries: Race, Space, and Illegality in Mexican Chicago

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Report copyright infringementby Nicholas De Genova (Author)While Chicago has the second-largest Mexican population among U.S. cities, relatively little ethnographic attention has focused on its Mexican community. This much-needed ethnography of Mexicans living and working in Chicago examines processes of racialization, labor subordination, and class formation; the politics of nativism; and the structures of citizenship and immigration law. Nicholas De Genova develops a theory of "Mexican Chic...

Pretends to Be Free: Runaway Slave Advertisements from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey

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Report copyright infringementby Graham Russell Gao Hodges (Editor), Alan Edward Brown (Editor)Republication on the twenty-fifth anniversary of "Pretends to Be Free" recognizes the signal importance of its sterling presentation of northern self-emancipation. Today, even more than a quarter-century ago, these fugitive slave notices are the best verbal snapshots of enslaved Americans before and during the American Revolution. Through these notices, readers can discover how enslaved blacks chose ...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard McCord (Author)The party in the cemetery. The amputation of the bronze foot. The reincarnation of Billy the Kid. The only book ever to make The New York Times best-seller list in both fiction AND non-fiction. The female gentlemen. The cave that waited 40 years. The murderous "squaw man."Where will you find these strange stories, and more? Only in "The Other State: New Mexico, USA." Anyone who lives in or travels to New Mexico understands that it is a pl...

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Report copyright infringementby Herbert T. Hoover (Editor), Joseph H. Cash (Editor), Donald L. Fixico (Introduction by)A remarkable collection of transcribed oral histories of members of Dakota, Lakota, Winnebago, and other communities.Back JacketIn this remarkable collection of transcribed oral histories, first published in 1971, members of Dakota, Lakota, Winnebago, and other communities tell of their personal experiences: reservation life, the Great Depression, self-government, traditions,...

On the Farm Front: The Women's Land Army in World War II

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Report copyright infringementby Stephanie A. Carpenter (Author)Rosie the Riveter is an icon for women's industrial contribution to World War II, but history has largely overlooked the three million women who served on America's agricultural front. The Women's Land Army sent volunteers to farms, canneries, and dairies across the country, accounting for the majority of wartime agricultural labor. On the Farm Front tells for the first time the remarkable story of these women who worked to ensure...

Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker

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Report copyright infringementby Lawrence O. Koch (Author)A comprehensive study of jazz great Charlie Parker, including details of record dates, more than 200 musical illustrations, and biographical material arranged chronologically and linked with Parker's recordings. The "Bird Stories" are all here, from Parker's Kansas City roots to his untimely death, as well as the seminal journal article on Parker's music, "Ornithology" that appeared in the Journal of Jazz Studies. Number of...

Reinterpreting New England Indians and the Colonial Experience: Volume 71

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Report copyright infringementby Colin G. Calloway (Author), Neal Salisbury (Author), Colonial Society of Massachusetts (Prepared by)For the indigenous peoples of New England--the Abenaki, Mohegan, Mohican, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Pequot, Schaghticoke, Wampanoag, and other tribal nations--the colonial period has not yet ended. In light of the contemporary struggles of Native peoples to defend their resources, shape their futures, safeguard their health, and provide for ...

Tribal Sovereignty: The Right to Self-Rule

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Report copyright infringementby Gary Robinson (Author)This booklet answers frequently asked questions about Native American tribes, tribal governments and tribal sovereignty. Questions such as: What is a tribal government? When did they originate? How does the concept of sovereignty relate to Indian tribes? Why are tribes allowed to operate casinos. Scholars consulted for the research for this book in the fields of government and society, anthropology, history and tribal gaming. Perfect for p...

The Breath of Odin Awakens - Questions & Answers: Secrets of the Ond, Hamingja & Norse Luck Unveiled

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Report copyright infringementby Frank a. Rúnaldrar (Author)The Breath of Odin Awakens - Question & Answers Edition The essential guide and companion to 'The Breath of Odin Awakens' looks at readers' questions, issues, difficulties and experiences. It provides direct guidance on many of the most common and complex issues raised. You will be guided through some of the most frequently encountered hurdles, sticking points and draw benefit from essential pointers on how to overcome these chall...

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Report copyright infringementby Greg Cope White (Author), Norman Lear (Foreword by)NOW A NETFLIX SERIES - BOOTSIn The Pink Marine, Greg Cope White's sharp, funny, and unexpectedly moving memoir, he recounts how an insecure New Orleans weakling transforms into a Devil Dog Marine. A coming-of-age story set in the most unlikely place: boot camp.When Greg's straight best friend Dale tells him he's spending the summer at Marine Corps boot camp on Parris Island, all Greg hears is "summer" and "camp...

How to Foster a Rescue Dog: Training for You and Training for Your Foster Dog. From Selecting a Rescue to Adoption.

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Report copyright infringementby Wendy Blanda (Author)Fostering a rescue dog can be rewarding both to the volunteer and to the dog. It is a way to help dogs in need, reduce the pet overpopulation problem, and have a loving four legged house guest on a short-term basis.But how do you get started in dog fostering?How do you pick a good rescue to work with? What do you need to do to begin?How do you select the right dog and the right adoption application? Isn't it too hard to let them go? Don't y...

Budoji: A Tale of the Divine City of Ancient Korea with an Overview of Korean Shamanism

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Report copyright infringementby Sungje Cho (Author), Jesang Park (Author), Seo Choi (Translator)A powerful ancient story of indigenous Korea about the creation of the universe, the dawn of humanity, and more.Now available in English for the first time, with an overview of Korean ShamanismAn essential resource for those seeking to connect with deep Korean ancestral wisdom.The original text of Budoji was written by Jesang Park (363 - 419 CE), a loyal official of the Silla Kingdom of ancient Kor...

LMSW Exam Prep Pocket Study Guide: Intervention Methods and Theories

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Report copyright infringementby Jeremy Schwartz (Author)Study for your ASWB social work licensing exam on the go! With this pocket study guide from social work exam coach Jeremy Schwartz, author of Pass the LMSW Exam and LMSW Passing Score, you can review content and practice questions during gaps in your day. This volume covers intervention methods and theories, one of the core content areas for the ASWB Master's level social work licensing exam, and includes 80 practice questions with detai...

LMSW Exam Prep Pocket Study Guide: Assessment and Intervention Planning

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Report copyright infringementby Jeremy Schwartz (Author)Study for your ASWB social work licensing exam on the go! With this pocket study guide from social work exam coach Jeremy Schwartz, author of Pass the LMSW Exam and LMSW Passing Score, you can review content and practice questions during gaps in your day. This volume covers assessment and intervention planning, one of the core content areas for the ASWB Master's level social work licensing exam, and includes 80 practice questions with de...

Profiles in Courage: Standing Against the Wyoming Wind

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Report copyright infringementby Rodger McDaniel (Author)This is a book about that most admirable of human virtues - courage. 'Grace under pressure, ' Ernest Hemingway defined it. These are the stories of the pressures experienced by nine Wyoming citizens and three groups of citizens, i.e., the Black 14, the People of the Wind River Indian Reservation and the internees of Heart Mountain It's about the grace with which they endured the risks to their careers, the unpopularity of their courses, ...

Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

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Report copyright infringementby Ashley Mears (Author)A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, an...