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The problem of justice : tradition and law in the Coast Salish world /
For the indigenous peoples of North America, the history of colonialism has often meant a distortion of history, even, in some cases, a loss or distorted sense of their own native practices of justice. How contemporary native communities have dealt quite differently with this dilemma is the subject...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln [Neb.] :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Fourth world rising.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For the indigenous peoples of North America, the history of colonialism has often meant a distortion of history, even, in some cases, a loss or distorted sense of their own native practices of justice. How contemporary native communities have dealt quite differently with this dilemma is the subject of The Problem of Justice, a richly textured ethnographic study of indigenous peoples struggling to reestablish control over justice in the face of conflicting external and internal pressures. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 080320194X 9780803201941 1280374128 9781280374128 0803232217 9780803232211 0803282753 9780803282759 9786610374120 6610374120 |