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    Logan, UT :Utah State University Press,
    UID:
    almahu_9949419522702882
    Format: 1 online resource (209 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9786613341488 , 9781607327172 , 1607327171 , 9781283341486 , 1283341484 , 9780874218541 , 0874218543
    Content: For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives.Jay Youngdahl, an attorney who has represented Navajo workers in claims with their railroad employers since 1992 and who more recently earned a master's in divinity from Harvard, has used oral history and archival research to write a cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of ha
    Note: Includes index. , Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; One: Life on the Tracks; Two: Religion on the Rez; Three: A Visit with a Medicine Man; Four: Adversaries and Advocates; Five: How Did Navajo Men Come to Work for the Railroads?; Six: Railroads, Trading Posts, and a Fatal Challenge to the RRB's System; Seven: In the Workers' Words; Eight: Anchoring and Adaptability, Fixed yet Fluid; Afterword; Selected Bibliography; Index , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780874218534
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0874218535
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780874218589
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0874218586
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books.
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Logan : Utah State University Press
    UID:
    gbv_1008656321
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (185 pages)
    ISBN: 9780874218534 , 0874218543 , 9781283341486 , 1283341484 , 6613341487 , 0874218535 , 9780874218589 , 9780874218541 , 0874218586 , 9786613341488
    Content: For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives. Jay Youngdahl has used oral history and archival research to write a cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of hard labor away from home
    Content: For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives. Jay Youngdahl has used oral history and archival research to write a cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of hard labor away from home
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780874218534
    Additional Edition: Druck-Ausgabe
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Youngdahl, Jay Working on the railroad, walking in beauty Logan : Utah State University Press, 2011
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic book ; History. ; Electronic books.
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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    URL: OAPEN
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