Working on the railroad, walking in beauty : Navajos, Hózhq, and track work /
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 cul...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Logan :
Utah State University Press,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780874218541 0874218543 |