Warriors without war : Seminole leadership in the late twentieth century / / Patricia Riles Wickman
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Wickman Patricia R (Patricia Riles)
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| Titolo: |
Warriors without war : Seminole leadership in the late twentieth century / / Patricia Riles Wickman
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 976.6004/973859 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Seminole Indians - Kings and rulers |
| Seminole Indians - Florida - Social conditions - 20th century | |
| Seminole Indians - Oklahoma - Social conditions - 20th century | |
| Indian leadership - Florida - History - 20th century | |
| Indian leadership - Oklahoma - History - 20th century | |
| Gambling on Indian reservations - Florida - History - 20th century | |
| Gambling on Indian reservations - Oklahoma - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Seminole Nation of Oklahoma History 20th century |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | An alternate universe -- Coming of age in the '70s -- James "E." Billie : the man who would be king -- Hitting the big time -- Dollars and drugs -- Home, home on the res -- One too many alligators -- Money matters (more and more) -- The beginning of the end -- Gaming : the next chapter -- The fourth Seminole war -- La ley del deseo -- A change, of course? -- Coda -- Epilogue. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Warriors Without War takes readers beneath the placid waters of the Seminole's public image and into the fascinating depths of Seminole society and politics. For the entire last quarter of the twentieth century, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, a federally recognized American Indian Tribe, struggled as it transitioned from a tiny group of warriors into one of the best-known tribes on the world's economic stage through their gaming enterprises. Caught between a desperate desire for continued cultural survival and |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Warriors without war |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8539-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819370503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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