Książka We Shall Live Again Russell Thornton

We Shall Live Again

The 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance Movements as Demographic Revitalization

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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This study of the 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements among North American Indians offers an innovat...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
1986
strony
112
EAN
9780521328944
ISBN
0521328942
Enbook ID
02027718
Waga
320
Wymiary
152 x 228 x 13

Pełny opis

This study of the 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements among North American Indians offers an innovative theory about why these movements arose when they did. Emphasizing the demographic situation of American Indians prior to the movements, Professor Thornton argues that the Ghost Dances were deliberate efforts to accomplish a demographic revitalization of American Indians following their virtual collapse. By joining the movements, he contends, tribes sought to assure survival by increasing their numbers through returning the dead to life. Thornton supports this thesis empirically by closely examining the historical context of the two movements and by assessing tribal participation in them, revealing particularly how population size and decline influenced participation among and within American Indian tribes. He also considers American Indian population change after the Ghost Dance periods and shows that participation in the movements actually did lead the way to a demographic recovery for certain tribes.

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