Wild men : Ishi and Kroeber in the wilderness of modern America /

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In late August of 1911, from deep within the shadows of a remote canyon in northern California, an Indian of the Yahi people, long-believed to have disappeared, suddenly showed himself. A fugitive, he had hidden for decades from the lethal gaze of white intruders, keeping fires small and wiping the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sackman, Douglas Cazaux, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Colección:New narratives in American history.
Temas:
Ishi, > -1916.
Kroeber, A. L. > (Alfred Louis), > 1876-1960.
Kroeber, A. L. > (Alfred Louis), > 1876-1960 > Relations with Yana Indians.
Kroeber, Alfred Louis, > 1876-1960.
Ishi, > -1916
Kroeber, A. L. > (Alfred Louis), > 1876-1960
Yana Indians > Biography.
Anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Yana > Biographies.
Anthropologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Anthropologists
Relations with Yana Indians
Yana Indians
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: One Small Step; One: THE YAHI IN THREE WORLDS; Two: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THREE WORLDS; Three: "WORLDS OF STUFF"; Four: MAKING TRACKS; Five: CITY LIGHTS; Six: NATURE WALKS IN THE CITY AND THE SIERRAS; Seven: THE CALL OF THE WILD; Eight: DEATH MASK; EPILOGUE: The Hearth of Prometheus and the Wilderness of Ishi; AFTERWORD: Google Earth, Earthquake Weather; Notes; Index.

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