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Plateau Indians and the Quest for Spiritual Power, 1700-1850.

Fusing myriad primary and secondary sources, historian Larry Cebula offers a compelling master narrative of the impact of Christianity on the Columbian Plateau peoples in the Pacific Northwest from 1700 to 1850. For the Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau, the arrival of whites was understood pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cebula, Larry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Fusing myriad primary and secondary sources, historian Larry Cebula offers a compelling master narrative of the impact of Christianity on the Columbian Plateau peoples in the Pacific Northwest from 1700 to 1850. For the Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau, the arrival of whites was understood primarily as a spiritual event, calling for religious explanations. Between 1700 and 1806, Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau experienced the presence of whites indirectly through the arrival of horses, some trade goods by long-distance exchange, and epidemic diseases that decimated their populat.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (340 pages)
ISBN:0803256264
9780803256262