Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 256 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520219872
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0520209850
Content:
Spirit Wars is an exploration of the ways in which the destruction of spiritual practices and beliefs of native peoples in North America has led to conditions of collective suffering--a process sometimes referred to as cultural genocide. Ronald Niezen approaches this topic through wide-ranging case studies involving different colonial powers and state governments: the seventeenth-century Spanish occupation of the Southwest, the colonization of the Northeast by the French and British, nineteenth-century westward expansion and nationalism in the swelling United States and Canada, and twentieth-c
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index
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Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Conquest of Souls; 3 Learning to Forget; 4 Medical Evangelism; 5 The Politics of Repression; 6 The Collectors; 7 Apostles of the New Age; 8 Conclusions; References Cited; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520209855
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Spirit Wars : Native North American Religions in the Age of Nation Building
Language:
English
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