An Iron Hand upon the People: The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast - Hardcover
From the back cover: "A well-researched, readable, and at times entertaining book on the potlatch law and its sporadic enforcement against British Columbia Indians. It is the first generally available work about an important chapter in the history of British Columbia Indian governmental relations...."
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- PublisherUniv of Washington Pr
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0295970502
- ISBN 13 9780295970509
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages230
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An Iron Hand Upon the People: The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
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University of Washington Press
(1990)
ISBN 10: 0295970502
ISBN 13: 9780295970509
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15. Seller Inventory # G0295970502I5N00
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An Iron Hand upon the People: The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 1st Edition. 230 pps. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ b/w map & photos. Blue cloth bds. Bang to top at sp. Interior leaves are clean and tight. In 1885 the Canadian government outlawed the potlatch among the Pacific west coast tribes. .Includes notes, bibliography & index. A clean and apparently unread copy. Seller Inventory # 009704
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An Iron Hand upon the People : The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine (-). Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The banning in Canada of the potlatch ceremony, and native opposition to this ban. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the ffep. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: XX numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: gray-green, gilt titles spine; no shelfwear, spine and edges sunned. DJ: unclipped, glossy gray, native mask front, black titles front/spine; no edge/shelfwear. A very nice copy indeed. Seller Inventory # 035632
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An Iron Hand upon the People: The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
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(1990)
ISBN 10: 0295970502
ISBN 13: 9780295970509
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK IN JACKET 1990. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref C12. An Iron Hand upon the People: The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast. ISBN: 0295970502. Seller Inventory # 036623
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