{"product_id":"people-of-pascua-paperback","title":"People of Pascua - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward H. Spicer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003ePeople of Pascua\u003c\/i\u003e] sketches the history and culture of the Tucson area Yaqui and contains case studies of a number of the informants. What constituted 'Yaquiness' in Pascua was mainly a common language, a shared historical tradition, and an aberrant form of Catholic Christianity laced with Yaqui concepts. This clearly and concisely written book is very important in its own terms both as an early example of the use of life histories in ethnology and as a significant contribution to Yaqui studies.\"-\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward H. Spicer was associated for many years with the Yaqui Indians of both Arizona and Sonora and came to be known as the leading scholarly authority on those people. People of Pascua, the second book he wrote about the Yaquis, presents sixteen life histories collected early in his research that tell what it meant to be a Native American and poor in the southwestern United States during the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore his death in 1983, Edward H. Spicer held a joint appointment in anthropology and sociology at the University of Arizona and was perhaps the foremost scholar and authority on the history and culture of the Yaqui Indians of Sonora and the desert Southwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 381\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130456838279,"sku":"9780816529674","price":66.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/74b4a7611e340496a5e6557a256766f5.webp?v=1732610958","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/people-of-pascua-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}