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Wild men [[electronic resource] ] : Ishi and Kroeber in the wilderness of modern America / / Douglas C. Sackman



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Autore: Sackman Douglas Cazaux <1968-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Wild men [[electronic resource] ] : Ishi and Kroeber in the wilderness of modern America / / Douglas C. Sackman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
Disciplina: 301.2092
Soggetto topico: Yana Indians
Anthropologists - United States
Soggetto geografico: Latin America History To 1830
Altri autori: JohnsonLyman L  
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: One Small Step; One: THE YAHI IN THREE WORLDS; Two: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THREE WORLDS; Three: "WORLDS OF STUFF"; Four: MAKING TRACKS; Five: CITY LIGHTS; Six: NATURE WALKS IN THE CITY AND THE SIERRAS; Seven: THE CALL OF THE WILD; Eight: DEATH MASK; EPILOGUE: The Hearth of Prometheus and the Wilderness of Ishi; AFTERWORD: Google Earth, Earthquake Weather; Notes; Index
Sommario/riassunto: In late August of 1911, from deep within the shadows of a remote canyon in northern California, an Indian of the Yahi people, long-believed to have disappeared, suddenly showed himself. A fugitive, he had hidden for decades from the lethal gaze of white intruders, keeping fires small and wiping the earth clean of his footprints. The sheriff took him into custody, and, having no better place for him, put him in the cell reserved for those who were not quite right in the head-the insane. The man soon aroused local and then national curiosity, and was christened the Wild Man or Wild Indian. Alfre
Titolo autorizzato: Wild men  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612384448
0-19-974587-0
1-282-38444-9
0-19-974250-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781195803321
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Serie: New narratives in American history.