1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457003703321

Titolo

Phantom past, indigenous presence [[electronic resource] ] : native ghosts in North American culture and history / / edited and with an introduction by Colleen E. Boyd and Coll Thrush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-14643-6

9786613146434

0-8032-3618-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoydColleen E

ThrushColl-Peter <1970->

Disciplina

398.208997

Soggetti

Indian mythology - North America

Indians of North America - Religion

Ghosts - North America

Ghosts in literature

Indians in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : bringing ghosts to ground / Colleen Boyd and Coll Thrush -- Sherman Alexie's Indian killer as indigenous gothic / Michelle Burnham -- Violence on the home front in Robinson Jeffers's "Tamar" / Geneva M. Gano -- Hauntings as histories : indigenous ghosts and the urban past in Seattle / Coll Thrush -- The anatomy of a haunting : Black Hawk's body and the fabric of history / Adam John Waterman -- The baldoon mysteries / Lisa Philips and Allan K. McDougall -- Haunting remains : educating a new American citizenry at Indian Hill Cemetery / Sarah Schneider Kavanagh -- "We are standing in my ancestor's longhouse" : learning the language of spirits and ghosts / Colleen E. Boyd -- Indigenous hauntings in settler colonial spaces : the activism of indigenous ancestors in the city of Toronto / Victoria Freeman -- Shape-shifters, ghosts, and residual power : an examination of Northern Plains spiritual beliefs, location, objects, and



spiritual colonialism / Cynthia Landrum -- Ancestors, ethnohistorical practice, and the authentication of native place and past / C. Jill Grady.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795052303321

Autore

Buell Paul D.

Titolo

Historical dictionary of the Mongol world empire / / Paul D. Buell and Francesca Fiaschetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018]

2018

ISBN

1-5381-1137-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Historical dictionaries of ancient civilizations and historical eras

Disciplina

950/.2

Soggetti

Mongols - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Maps; Dates of Chinese Dynasties and States Mentioned in the Dictionary; Chronology; Introduction; Essay 1: Mongolia before the Empire (to 1206); Essay 2: Mongol Empire (1206-1260); Essay 3: Qanate China (1260-1368); Essay 4: The Golden Horde (1235-1502); Essay 5: Ca'adai Ulus and Qaidu (1260-1338); Essay 6: Ilqanate (1260-1356); Essay 7: Epilogue: Mongols and the Outside World; THE DICTIONARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C

Introduction -- Essay 1 : Mongolia before the Empire (to 1206) -- Essay 2 : Mongol Empire (1206-1260) -- Essay 3 : Qanate China (1260-1368) -- Essay 4 : The Golden Horde (1235-1502) -- Essay 5 : Ca'adai Ulus and Qaidu (1260-1338) -- Essay 6 : Ilqanate (1260-1356) -- Essay 7 : Epilogue : Mongols and the outside world -- Appendix A : Mongolian scripts -- Appendix B : Glossary of Mongolian words and terms -- Appendix C : Eating at the Qan's table :  selected recipes from the Yinshan Zhengyao 飲膳整要 (1330).

Sommario/riassunto

This second edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics,



economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.