American Indian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Contemporary Issues - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082043101X ISBN 13: 9780820431017

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1997

Synopsis

This collection of essays brings to college students and the general public a scholarly, yet accessible and provocative text in Native American Studies. The contributors draw upon their expertise in such diverse disciplines as economics, education, film studies, history, linguistics, literature, museum studies, popular culture, and religion. Each essay highlights a particular aspect of Native American experience, from the oppressive indoctrination of boarding schools to the successful strategic planning of Indian casinos to the exciting creativity of Native American literature. In addition, many of the essays introduce the reader to the disciplines through which we can approach this important and fascinating topic, engagingly taking the reader through the process of how historians or economists or literary scholars go about their work.

About this title

About the Author:

Dane Morrison is Assistant Professor of History at Salem State College and Visiting Lecturer at Tufts University, both in Massachusetts. He is the author of A Praying People: Massachusett Acculturation and the Failure of the Puritan Mission. 1600-1690 (Peter Lang, 1995).

Review:

"This timely collection introduces the still emerging, already rich and fascinating field of Native American Studies. Its essays address issues that are of utmost importance to contemporary Native Americans. And while this book makes palpable the manifold ways colonialism and neo-colonialism have harmed Native and non-Native peoples, it also introduces interdisciplinary perspectives and creative pedagogies that may help heal the wounds of history. A true classic. «American Indian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Contemporary Issues» will benefit students, stimulate scholars, and transform readers.
Joel W. Martin, author of «Sacred Revolt: The Muskogees' Struggle for a New World», Franklin and Marshall College

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 082043101X
• ISBN 13: 9780820431017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 430
• Editor: Morrison Dane A.