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Indians of North America  Cover Image Book Book

Indians of North America / Harold E. Driver.

Summary:

The art of reconstructing civilizations from the artifacts of daily life demands integrity and imagination. Indians of North America displays both in its description of the enormous variation of culture patterns among Indians from the Arctic to Panama at the high points of their histories—a variation which was greater than that among the nations of Europe.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780226164663
  • ISBN: 0226164667
  • ISBN: 0226164675 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xvii, 632 p. : ill., maps (1 fold. in pocket) ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 2d ed., rev.
  • Publisher: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1969.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 567-593.
Formatted Contents Note:
Origin and prehistory -- Culture areas -- Language -- Subsistence patterns -- Horticulture -- Other aspects of subsistence -- Narcotics and stimulants -- Housing and architecture -- Clothing -- Crafts -- Art -- Music and dance -- Exchange and trade -- Marriage and the family -- Larger kin groups and kinship terminology -- Property and inheritance -- Government and social controls -- Violence, feuds, raids and war -- Rank and social classes -- Sodalities and their ceremonies -- Life cycle -- Education -- Religion, magic, and medicine -- Personality and culture -- History and culture in Mexico -- Indian-White relations in the United States -- Indian culture change in the United States -- History and culture change in Canada, Alaska, and Greenland -- Achievements and contributions -- Plates -- Maps.
Subject: Indigenous peoples > Central America.
Indigenous peoples > Mexico.
Indigenous peoples > West Indies.
Indigenous peoples > North America.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design E58 .D68 1969 (Text) 30006209 Book Volume hold Available -

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300 . ‡axvii, 632 p. : ‡bill., maps (1 fold. in pocket) ; ‡c24 cm.
520 . ‡aThe art of reconstructing civilizations from the artifacts of daily life demands integrity and imagination. Indians of North America displays both in its description of the enormous variation of culture patterns among Indians from the Arctic to Panama at the high points of their histories—a variation which was greater than that among the nations of Europe.
505 . ‡aOrigin and prehistory -- Culture areas -- Language -- Subsistence patterns -- Horticulture -- Other aspects of subsistence -- Narcotics and stimulants -- Housing and architecture -- Clothing -- Crafts -- Art -- Music and dance -- Exchange and trade -- Marriage and the family -- Larger kin groups and kinship terminology -- Property and inheritance -- Government and social controls -- Violence, feuds, raids and war -- Rank and social classes -- Sodalities and their ceremonies -- Life cycle -- Education -- Religion, magic, and medicine -- Personality and culture -- History and culture in Mexico -- Indian-White relations in the United States -- Indian culture change in the United States -- History and culture change in Canada, Alaska, and Greenland -- Achievements and contributions -- Plates -- Maps.
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